# claims

text: "NASA confirms Earth will experience 15 days of darkness In November 2017."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: It’s fake! NASA never said the Earth will go dark for 15 days in November 2017
review_date: 2017-06-15T17:45:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/14/blog-posting/its-fake-nasa-never-said-earth-will-go-dark-15-day/


text: Video claims Google Street View shows Antarctica with green vegetation and brick buildings.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a Google Street View of Antarctica with a tree-lined landscape
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/23/facebook-posts/no-video-doesnt-show-google-street-view-antarctica/


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/27/fact-checking-democratic-debate-miami-night-1/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami, night 1
review_date: 2019-06-27T04:15:03Z
textual_rating: Wrong wording
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"My proposal is to look at that 2013 bill that passed the Senate with Republican support, to upgrade that bill to make it as good as possible and get it done. It brings the debt down by $158 billion."


text: This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of Chuck Grassley telling Joe Biden to resign
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/13/facebook-posts/no-this-isnt-a-video-of-chuck-grassley-telling-joe/


text: "Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away.
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2017-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Would the Republican health care bill take away anyone’s Medicaid?
review_date: 2017-05-09T20:11:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/09/kevin-mccarthy/would-republican-health-care-bill-take-away-anyone/


claimant: Michael Gableman
claim_date: 2022-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Courts have repeatedly upheld grants Gableman says amount to 'massive election bribery'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Five Wisconsin cities received money for the 2020 election from Mark Zuckerberg, which amounted to "a wave of massive election bribery."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/15/michael-gableman/courts-have-repeatedly-upheld-grants-gableman-says/


claimant: Marianne Williamson
claim_date: 2019-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Was Jimmy Carter the last president to call Israeli settlements illegal?
review_date: 2019-04-22T14:04:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/22/marianne-williamson/was-jimmy-carter-last-president-call-israeli-settl/


text: "There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."
claimant: Tim Ryan
claim_date: 2019-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: $50 billion in Medicare waste? Yes, that's how much in 'improper payments' are made per year
review_date: 2019-04-19T16:23:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/19/tim-ryan/50-billion-medicare-waste-yes-s-how-much-improper-/


text: “Trump is in White House! He promises to lock up Hillary!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump isn’t in the White House promising to jail 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/no-trump-isnt-white-house-promising-jail-clinton/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/22/facebook-posts/post-falsely-claims-people-should-report-pennsylva/

title:
Post falsely claims people should report Pennsylvania stores that refuse to serve maskless customers


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Medicare for All expands Medicare, does not obliterate it, as Donald Trump says
review_date: 2018-11-02T21:54:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Democrat plan would just obliterate Medicare and terminate Medicare Advantage ... seniors who have been paying for this for years (and) will not be taken care of anymore."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/02/donald-trump/medicare-all-expands-medicare-does-not-obliterate-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Don't fall for rumors about a Trump-led military takeover, emergency alerts
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Trump has ordered the military to take over “major corrupt cities” to stay in office and that U.S. citizens will receive emergency alerts on their devices.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/13/facebook-posts/dont-fall-rumors-about-trump-led-military-takeover/


claimant: House Republican staff
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/03/fact-checking-house-republicans-impeachment-report/
title: Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine
review_date: 2019-12-03T22:21:51Z
textual_rating: Sondland said the opposite
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The impeachment inquiry has uncovered no clear evidence that President Trump directed Ambassador Volker, Ambassador Sondland, and Secretary Perry to work with Mayor Giuliani for the purpose of pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rival.”


text: "Edward Snowden: Osama bin Laden is still alive living in the Bahamas"
claimant: AntiNews.in
claim_date: 2017-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Years-old story that Edward Snowden can prove Osama bin Laden lives in Bahamas is fake news
review_date: 2017-06-12T20:32:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/12/antinews/years-old-story-edward-snowden-can-prove-osama-bin/


claimant: Katie McGinty
claim_date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Pat Toomey’s gun control bill and Katie McGinty’s post-Orlando slam
review_date: 2016-06-15T20:23:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"He leant his name to a bill, did little or nothing three years ago to try to get it passed, (and) since then has done absolutely nothing other than disavow any attempt to move on the legislation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/15/katie-mcginty/pat-toomeys-gun-control-bill-and-katie-mcgintys-po/


text: “NYC man drops dead in middle of street — suspected coronavirus!”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a man dropping dead from COVID-19 in New York City
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/12/blog-posting/no-video-doesnt-show-man-dropping-dead-covid-19-ne/


text: Says "CNN host Fareed Zakaria calls for jihad rape of white women."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Recycled parody: CNN's Zakaria calls for jihadi rape of white women
review_date: 2017-07-12T15:13:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/12/blog-posting/recycled-parody-cnns-zakaria-calls-jihadi-rape-whi/


text: Says he’s a "retired U.S. Navy officer."
claimant: George P. Bush
claim_date: 2018-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: George P. Bush falsely describes himself as 'retired' Navy officer
review_date: 2018-02-16T22:15:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/16/george-p-bush/george-p-bush-falsely-describes-himself-retired-na/


claimant: Brian Kemp
claim_date: 2022-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: In Georgia’s governor’s race, Brian Kemp’s attack on David Perdue for US inflation is misleading
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/brian-kemp/georgias-governors-race-brian-kemps-attack-david-p/


claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2022-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Cotton misleads on how Inflation Reduction Act will impact size of IRS, taxes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/23/tom-cotton/tom-cotton-misleads-how-inflation-reduction-act-wi/


text: "Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Farm income is up, but federal aid accounts for much of the increase
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/22/donald-trump/farm-income-federal-aid-accounts-much-increase/


claimant: Sherri Tenpenny
claim_date: 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccine does not cause death, autoimmune diseases
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Some people are going to die from the vaccine directly. But a large number of people are going to start getting horribly sick and get all kinds of autoimmune diseases."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/sherri-tenpenny/covid-19-vaccine-does-not-cause-death-autoimmune-d/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine on Brexit vote: Young people voted to stay, old people voted to leave
review_date: 2016-06-26T21:34:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/26/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-brexit-vote-young-people-voted-stay-old-/


text: The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."
claimant: Mick Mulvaney
claim_date: 2017-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Mick Mulvaney's misleading claim that House GOP health care plan keeps Medicaid expansion
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/14/mick-mulvaney/mick-mulvaneys-misleading-claim-house-gop-health-c/


text: Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."
claimant: John Kennedy
claim_date: 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Ukraine president helped Hillary Clinton, as GOP senator claimed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/04/john-kennedy2/gop-senator-falsely-says-ukraine-president-helped-/


claimant: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Are Nicaragua and Syria the only countries not to sign Paris Agreement?
review_date: 2017-06-01T18:26:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Syria and Nicaragua are the only nations that didn't sign the Paris Agreement. Nicaragua said it wasn't tough enough."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/01/debbie-wasserman-schultz/are-nicaragua-and-syria-only-countries-not-sign-pa/


text: "Florida school drops Common Core – soars to number one"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, this Florida school did not ditch Common Core and then soar to No. 1
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/02/blog-posting/no-florida-school-did-not-ditch-common-core-and-th/


text: “No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”
claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: White House says officers didn’t fire tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters. Why that’s misleading
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/04/kayleigh-mcenany/white-house-says-officers-didnt-fire-tear-gas-rubb/


text: Says Anthony Fauci “is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Fauci isn’t married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/viral-image/no-fauci-isnt-married-ghislaine-maxwells-sister/


text: Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."
claimant: Pete Gallego
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Pete Gallego mostly wrong that Will Hurd 'absolutely' supports Trump's proposed border-long wall
review_date: 2016-10-10T21:34:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/07/pete-gallego/pete-gallego-mostly-wrong-will-hurd-absolutely-sup/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: GOP wants a ‘30% tax on everything’? That ignores taxes that would end, bill’s limited chances
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/gop-wants-a-30-tax-on-everything-that-ignores-taxe/


text: Six Flags is offering five free passes and unlimited free rides to everyone.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Sorry, Six Flags isn’t offering five free passes and unlimited rides to everyone
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/01/facebook-posts/sorry-six-flags-isnt-offering-five-free-passes-and/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump misses key facts in claim that New York governor refused to buy ventilators in 2015
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/25/donald-trump/donald-trump-misses-key-facts-claim-new-york-gover/


text: "Final election 2016 numbers: Trump won" the popular vote.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump is not beating Hillary Clinton in the popular vote
review_date: 2017-04-11T15:32:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/14/blog-posting/no-donald-trump-not-beating-hillary-clinton-popula/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Joe Namath kneeling is real, but he didn't do it during the national anthem
review_date: 2019-02-21T14:27:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo shows Joe Namath and Al Woodall kneeling on the sideline of a football field during the national anthem.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/20/viral-image/photo-joe-namath-kneeling-real-he-just-didnt-do-it/


text: Pepsi exec’s words twisted by anti-Philly Soda Tax group
claimant: Ax The Bev Tax
claim_date: 2017-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Pepsi exec’s words twisted by anti-Philly Soda Tax group
review_date: 2017-03-27T20:28:23Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/24/ax-bev-tax/pepsi-execs-words-twisted-anti-philly-soda-tax-gro/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says Barack Obama has killed jobs in energy, manufacturing
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:30:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/dec/06/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-barack-obama-has-killed-jobs-en/


text: “Official statement — Putin assassinated in the Kremlin!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin was assassinated is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/claim-that-russian-president-vladimir-putin-was-as/


text: "Every major city which has a center of poverty is run by Democrats. Every major city."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says poverty problems are tied to Democrats
review_date: 2016-07-15T17:14:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/dec/15/newt-gingrich/new-gingrich-says-poverty-problems-are-tied-democr/


text: “Man sues McDonalds for still being depressed after eating happy meal.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: He’s not lovin’ it? Headline about McDonald’s being sued over Happy Meal originated on satire site
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/viral-image/hes-not-lovin-it-headline-about-mcdonalds-being-su/


text: "After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising."
claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Amy Klobuchar: Number, rate of children without insurance rises
review_date: 2018-12-05T19:33:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/05/amy-klobuchar/amy-klobuchar-number-rate-children-without-insuran/


text: "Here in Philadelphia murder has been steady — I mean — just terribly increasing."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely tells GOP Philly homicides are ‘terribly increasing’
review_date: 2017-01-26T21:55:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/26/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-tells-gop-philly-homicides-ar/


text: Says a Donald Trump tweet credited Gov. Ron DeSantis for Hurricane Dorian’s path away from Florida.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump did not credit Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for Hurricane Dorian’s path
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/facebook-posts/donald-trump-did-not-credit-florida-gov-ron-desant/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump's claim that Obama designated Iran's Soleimani a terrorist but did nothing
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/16/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-obama-designated-irans-/


claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2022-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that most Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority areas by 'eugenicist' design falls short
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/18/candace-owens/fact-checking-claim-most-planned-parenthood-clinic/


claimant: Mike DeWine
claim_date: 2018-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Mike DeWine's attack on Rich Cordray about rape kit testing
review_date: 2018-08-30T17:50:26Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"While Richard Cordray was Attorney General, 12,000 rape kits like Allyssa's were left untested. Cordray's failure left serial rapists free to strike again. Then Mike DeWine became Attorney General. He tested all 12,000 rape kits. Now hundreds of rapists are behind bars."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/30/mike-dewine/fact-checking-mike-dewines-attack-rich-cordray-abo/


claimant: Pam Bondi
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/26/fact-checking-pam-bondis-rnc-attacks-about-hunter-/
title: Fact-checking Pam Bondi’s RNC attacks about Hunter Biden
review_date: 2020-08-26T04:56:15Z
textual_rating: Hunter lacked expertise
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A corrupt Ukrainian oligarch put Hunter on the board of his gas company, even though he had no experience in Ukraine — or in the energy sector. None. Yet he was paid millions to do nothing."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong in accusing Hillary Clinton of lying about his views on a nuclear-armed Japan
review_date: 2016-06-02T18:42:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-accusing-hillary-clinton-lying-/


text: Say “Sam Hyde identified as perpitrator (sic) of Beirut explosion”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Running internet prank ties US comedian to Beirut blast
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/05/blog-posting/running-internet-prank-ties-us-comedian-beirut-bla/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-03-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/mar/29/fact-checking-donald-trumps-grand-rapids-rally-aft/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Grand Rapids rally after the Mueller probe
review_date: 2019-03-29T16:31:36Z
textual_rating: Probe predated vote
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans."


text: Says Maxine Waters told CNN, "SCOTUS pick should be illegal immigrant."
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Phony image said Maxine Waters called for undocumented immigrant as SCOTUS nominee
review_date: 2018-07-18T14:25:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/05/viral-image/phony-image-alleged-maxine-waters-called-undocumen/


text: Video shows "HAARP gets destroyed” by protesters.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show HAARP’s destruction; it’s from a Brazil farm protest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/10/instagram-posts/video-doesnt-show-haarps-destruction-its-from-a-br/


text: You can vote in Wisconsin with a photo ID "even if that ID is expired or you've moved."
claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2020-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, you can vote with an expired photo ID, with one caveat
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/21/gwen-moore/yes-you-can-vote-expired-photo-id-one-caveat/


text: Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz falsely says Beto O'Rourke said he was 'grateful' for U.S. flag burners
review_date: 2018-09-05T21:28:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/05/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-falsely-says-beto-grateful-flag-burners/


text: Says Kelly Loeffler is "for getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic."
claimant: Raphael Warnock
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Ga. Sen. Kelly Loeffler backs ‘getting rid of health care’ partly correct
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/20/raphael-warnock/claim-ga-sen-kelly-loeffler-backs-getting-rid-heal/


text: “Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2021-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Democrats voted to send stimulus checks to prisoners, as Republicans did last year
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/09/tom-cotton/yes-democrats-voted-send-stimulus-checks-prisoners/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: This photo of Donald Trump holding a sign that says ‘Jesus is still king’ isn’t authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A photo shows Donald Trump holding a sign that says, "No matter who is president, Jesus is still king."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/04/viral-image/photo-donald-trump-holding-sign-says-jesus-still-k/


text: “USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that postal service failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida is 100% wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/blog-posting/claim-postal-service-failed-deliver-27-mail-ballot/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Despite rates at 0%, Fed still has tools available to stabilize the economy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Because the Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates to near 0%, “the Fed will be of little consequence now. They’ve already used what leverage they have.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/joe-biden/despite-rates-0-fed-still-has-tools-available-stab/


text: Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight."
claimant: Alabama's Future
claim_date: 2022-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Attack on Trump-backed Mo Brooks distorts his votes on ISIS
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/alabamas-future/attack-trump-backed-mo-brooks-distorts-his-votes-i/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Why do farmers get so few of our food dollars? Us.
review_date: 2019-04-04T20:59:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/04/elizabeth-warren/why-do-farmers-get-so-little-our-food-dollars-us/


claimant: Twitter post
claim_date: 2021-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: The CDC did not change its criteria for what is considered a breakthrough positive COVID case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The CDC lowered the PCR threshold while no longer recording asymptomatic cases...but only for the vaccinated."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/03/tweets/cdc-did-not-change-its-criteria-what-considered-br/


text: “A proposal in Syracuse would pay gang members $100-$200 per week to stay out of trouble.”
claimant: William Barclay
claim_date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Syracuse proposal would pay gang members to stay away from crime
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/29/william-barclay/syracuse-proposal-would-pay-gang-members-stay-away/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden blames Donald Trump for one quarter of today’s debt, ignores context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-blames-donald-trump-for-one-quarter-of-t/


text: Says Donald Trump is "on record extensively supporting (the) intervention in Libya."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Trump supported intervention in Libya
review_date: 2016-09-08T03:49:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/hillary-clinton/clinton-says-trump-supported-intervention-libya/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Post wrongly links Bloomberg spending for Toomey to Kavanaugh confirmation
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Fact: Mike Bloomberg spent $12 million to re-elect a Senate Republican (Toomey) in 2016. Toomey beat the Dem (McGinty) by 1.5 points. If McGinty had won, Ds would have controlled the Senate after Doug Jones won and could have blocked Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/28/facebook-posts/post-wrongly-links-bloomberg-spending-toomey-kavan/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Donald Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guard troops to protect the Capitol" before Jan. 6, 2021, but was "rejected" by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/13/sean-hannity/no-evidence-pelosi-rejected-trumps-authorization-2/

title:
No evidence Pelosi ‘rejected’ Trump’s authorization for ‘20,000 National Guard’ before Jan. 6 attack


text: "FACT: Less than 1% of the trash in the ocean is from the United States."
claimant: Young America's Foundation
claim_date: 2020-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Does just 1% of ocean waste come from the United States?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/15/young-americas-foundation/does-just-1-ocean-waste-come-united-states/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Prince Harry wasn’t deported from the United States and King Charles isn’t exiling him to Botswana
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Harry could be exiled to Botswana after he was deported from the United States due to an expired visa.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/13/facebook-posts/prince-harry-wasnt-deported-from-the-united-states/


text: Says Joe Biden “has officially lowered the age of consent to 5 years old.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Biden administration didn’t officially lower the age of consent
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/04/instagram-posts/no-biden-administration-didnt-officially-lower-age/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: Do magnetic pole shifts cause modern climate change and earthquakes? Science says no
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/15/instagram-posts/do-magnetic-pole-shifts-cause-modern-climate-chang/


claimant: Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
claim_date: 2021-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: A majority of Iowans and Americans support background checks for gun buyers
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"86% of Americans and 82% of gun owners support requiring all gun buyers to pass a background check."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/12/beth-wessel-kroeschell/majority-iowans-and-americans-support-background-c/


claimant: JD Vance
claim_date: 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: J.D. Vance says transgender rights drives looming conflict in Ukraine
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/21/jd-vance/jd-vance-says-transgender-rights-drives-looming-co/


text: Says there is proof Democrats hired actors to plan violence in Charlottesville.
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Blog posts wrongly say there's proof Democrats hired actors to play white nationalists
review_date: 2017-08-18T17:52:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/18/blog-posting/blog-posts-wrongly-say-theres-proof-democrats-hire/


text: Elon Musk’s account “is suspended on Twitter after backing out of $44B deal.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Twitter didn’t suspend Elon Musk’s account
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/11/viral-image/no-twitter-didnt-suspend-elon-musks-account/


claimant: USA Freedom Fund
claim_date: 2022-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Pennsylvania US Senate candidate Kathy Barnette wanted Obama statue, but never voted for him
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/usa-freedom-fund/pennsylvania-us-senate-candidate-kathy-barnette-wa/


claimant: Nikki Fried
claim_date: 2019-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: 25,000 uses for hemp, including a replacement for concrete and plastic? Not so fast
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/22/nikki-fried/will-hemp-replace-plastics-and-concrete-florida-de/


text: “I never claimed to be Jewish.”
claimant: George Santos
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: George Santos said he “never claimed to be Jewish.” 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/2023/feb/22/george-santos/george-santos-said-he-never-claimed-to-be-jewish-b/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: National Guard soldiers weren’t forced to sleep on D.C. streets because of mayor
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photograph shows U.S. soldiers sleeping on the ground after Washington D.C.’s mayor kicked them out of local hotels.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/10/viral-image/national-guard-soldiers-werent-forced-sleep-dc-str/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Judicial Watch didn’t publish a bogus story about the National Guard recounting votes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says conservative website Judicial Watch published a story about “elite” units of the National Guard recounting official ballots that were printed with “an invisible, unbreakable code watermark and registered on a Quantum Blockchain System.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/11/instagram-posts/no-judicial-watch-didnt-publish-bogus-story-about-/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Mike Pence’s historical hurricane claim
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/14/mike-pence/fact-checking-mike-pences-historical-hurricane-cla/


text: "More than 100,000 DACA applicants have been arrested—Murder, Rape, DUI."
claimant: Judicial Watch
claim_date: 2019-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a Facebook post on arrests of DACA applicants for murder, rape, DUI
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/14/judicial-watch/fact-checking-facebook-post-arrests-daca-applicant/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Hunter Biden had photos of Coons’ daughter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The daughter of Sen. Coons (D-DE), along with 7 other underaged girls are featured on Hunter's laptop! - Breitbart News"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/26/facebook-posts/no-evidence-hunter-biden-had-photos-coons-daughter/


text: Says this photo shows Joe Biden kissing and biting a child on the cheek.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, the man kissing, biting child in this photo is not Joe Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/21/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-joe-biden-kissing-or-biting-y/


claimant: Ami Bera
claim_date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Does Calif. Republican Scott Jones ‘want to build a wall’ and ‘deport folks’ ?
review_date: 2016-10-05T20:11:45Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says GOP Congressional candidate Scott Jones “wants to build a wall. He wants to round people up and deport folks.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/ami-bera/does-calif-republican-scott-jones-want-build-wall-/


text: Says photo of Malia Obama's credit card next to white powder was found on Hunter Biden's laptop.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2020-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Malia Obama credit card photo isn’t new and there’s no evidence it came from Hunter Biden’s laptop
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/instagram-posts/malia-obama-credit-card-photo-isnt-new-and-theres-/


text: On taking the Fifth Amendment
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: How does Trump feel about the Fifth Amendment? Depends who is taking it.
textual_rating: Half Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/10/donald-trump/how-does-trump-feel-about-fifth-amendment-depends-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hillary Clinton didn't advocate for reducing human populations
review_date: 2019-02-27T16:22:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Hillary Clinton said, "This planet might be able to support perhaps as many as half of a billion people who could live a sustainable life in relative comfort. Human populations must be greatly diminished, and as quickly as possible to limit further environmental damage."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/26/viral-image/no-hillary-clinton-didnt-advocate-reducing-human-p/


text: Says border patrol agent recently killed in ambush.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fatal accident falsely used as evidence of murderous intent of border-crossers
review_date: 2018-11-05T00:12:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/04/blog-posting/fatal-accident-falsely-used-evidence-murderous-int/


claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/31/fact-checking-democratic-debate-detroit-night-two/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two
review_date: 2019-08-01T04:04:34Z
textual_rating: Not the full story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking about Joe Biden "when the senator was debating middle class affordability for child care he wrote an op-ed. He voted against it. He wrote an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, ‘Create the deterioration of family’. He also said that women who were working outside the home were ‘avoiding responsibility’."


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kente cloth worn by Democrats is not a symbol of slavery
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/viral-image/bloggers-twist-history-say-democrats-wore-symbol-s/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2011-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie claims Barack Obama “did nothing” to create jobs during his first two years
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:46:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/dec/04/chris-christie/chris-christie-claims-barack-obama-did-nothing-t/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Did Justice Kennedy quit due to family ties to Trump and Russia?
review_date: 2018-07-10T18:14:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/10/blog-posting/did-justice-kennedy-quit-due-family-ties-trump-and/


text: 53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020.
claimant: Rep. Elise Stefanik
claim_date: 2023-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Poll on voters’ opinion of Biden laptop story doesn't tell whole story
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/25/elise-stefanik/poll-on-voters-opinion-of-biden-laptop-story-needs/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2020-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson’s false claim that elites in Washington ignored the opioid epidemic in rural America
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-false-claim-elites-washington-igno/


text: “People defying stay-at-home order fill Arizona beaches.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Crowded beaches in Arizona? Coronavirus spoof fools the unwary
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/27/blog-posting/crowded-beaches-arizona-coronavirus-spoof-fools-un/


text: Says Mandela Barnes "supports stripping health care away from millions."
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee,
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: No. Despite claim, Barnes does not back 'stripping health care away from millions.'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/06/national-republican-senatorial-committee/no-despite-claim-barnes-does-not-back-stripping-he/


text: The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Michigan State University gunman was 43-year-old Anthony McRae, not a 21-year-old named ‘Lynn’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/14/facebook-posts/michigan-state-university-gunman-was-43-year-old-a/


text: Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Gorilla Glue did not tweet this about the woman who used its product on her hair
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/10/viral-image/no-gorilla-glue-did-not-tweet-about-woman-who-used/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2017-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Are tweets right that a 'pro-Putin Ukrainian' gave Scott Walker $1 million?
review_date: 2017-06-21T16:42:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/21/tweets/pro-putin-ukrainian-gave-scott-walker-1-million/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly claims Biden wants to prosecute churchgoers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/23/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-claims-biden-wants-prosecute-churchg/


text: "Obamacare premiums have doubled" in Wisconsin.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's claim about Obamacare premiums doubling in Wisconsin leaves out important details
review_date: 2017-06-15T17:41:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/15/donald-trump/donald-trumps-claim-about-obamacare-premiums-doubl/


text: Says U.S. Rep. John Carter "hasn’t held a town hall in five years."
claimant: M.J. Hegar
claim_date: 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Has Congressman John Carter not held a town hall in five years?
review_date: 2018-08-29T19:44:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/29/mj-hegar/has-congressman-john-carter-not-held-town-hall-fiv/


text: The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Was the Las Vegas mass shooting the 273rd this year? Or the seventh? Or somewhere in between?
review_date: 2017-10-04T16:18:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/04/tammy-baldwin/was-las-vegas-mass-shooting-273rd-year-or-seventh-/


text: The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."
claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: GOP Sen. David Perdue says diversity visa lottery 'plagued by fraud'
review_date: 2017-11-06T17:09:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/06/david-perdue/gop-sen-david-perdue-says-diversity-visa-lottery-p/


text: FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, FEMA isn’t giving Americans $1,000
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/15/facebook-posts/no-fema-isnt-giving-americans-1000/


text: Says President Barack Obama once said, "The American dream is to be Donald Trump"
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Obama never said, ‘The American dream is to be Donald Trump’
review_date: 2019-04-08T20:25:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/08/facebook-posts/obama-never-said-american-dream-be-donald-trump/


text: “Moderna chief medical officer admits: mRNA alters DNA.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Moderna’s chief medical officer didn’t say mRNA alters DNA
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/14/facebook-posts/no-modernas-chief-medical-officer-didnt-say-mrna-a/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Another false claim of robbers posing as COVID-19 testers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says imposters in hazmat suits are going door to door in Stockton, Calif., saying they are checking residents for fever or COVID-19, but they “will enter your home and physically attempt robbery.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/30/facebook-posts/another-false-claim-robbers-posing-covid-19-tester/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, American flag house wasn’t painted by flag-waving Marine in spat with neighbors
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Marine painted his house red, white and blue after he "was told by his neighbors that he could not fly the American flag in his yard all year long."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/02/facebook-posts/no-american-flag-house-wasnt-painted-flag-waving-m/


text: “Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Pfizer data shows vaccine does more harm than good is Pants on Fire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/03/blog-posting/claim-pfizer-data-shows-vaccine-does-more-harm-goo/


text: Photo shows Rihanna is pregnant
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Rihanna was altered to make her look pregnant
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/16/facebook-posts/photo-rihanna-was-altered-make-her-look-pregnant/


text: Says the U.S. is developing an “antivirus” that includes a chip to track your movement.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, the US isn’t developing a vaccine or ‘antivirus’ with a chip to track people
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/facebook-posts/no-us-isnt-developing-vaccine-or-antivirus-chip-tr/


claimant: Jacky Rosen
claim_date: 2018-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Would Heller cut Social Security or Medicare to pay for tax cuts?
review_date: 2018-08-16T21:34:31Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Dean Heller "wants to cut programs like Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts for his ultra-wealthy donors."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/16/jacky-rosen/would-heller-cut-social-security-or-medicare-pay-t/


claimant: Chris Jones
claim_date: 2019-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: GOP has put more blacks on key Va. House committees than Democrats did in their day
review_date: 2019-03-05T17:23:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Virginia House "Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/05/chris-jones/gop-has-put-more-blacks-key-va-house-committees-di/


claimant: Gabriel Sterling
claim_date: 2021-01-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/05/heres-why-georgias-republican-officials-are-confid/
title: Here’s why Georgia’s Republican officials are confident in their presidential election results
textual_rating: Sterling presented multiple pieces of evidence to refute President Donald Trump’s claims
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Claims that the Georgia elections were rigged are “all easily, provably, false. Yet the president persists, and by doing so undermines Georgians’ faith in the election system.”


text: Patrick Mahomes said, “I believe George Zimmerman is innocent.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Patrick Mahomes said he thinks George Zimmerman is innocent
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/06/blog-posting/no-evidence-patrick-mahomes-said-he-thinks-george-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pelosi didn’t laugh at Armenian genocide memorial
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Nancy Pelosi “almost burst out into laughter” at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/viral-image/no-pelosi-didnt-laugh-armenian-genocide-memorial/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, multiple presidents have missed the Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony – not just Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president in 56 years to not attend a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/10/viral-image/no-multiple-presidents-have-missed-veterans-day-wr/


text: Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting."
claimant: Brian Kemp
claim_date: 2018-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Brian Kemp fight Obama twice 'to stop illegal immigrants from voting'?
review_date: 2018-03-21T20:12:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/21/brian-kemp/Did-Brian-Kemp-fight-Obama-twice-to-stop-illegal/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hitting war on drugs, Bernie Sanders says U.S. puts marijuana in same class as heroin
review_date: 2016-04-21T21:52:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/22/bernie-sanders/hitting-war-drugs-bernie-sanders-says-us-puts-mari/


text: “Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did.”
claimant: Black Lives Matter
claim_date: 2021-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: No proof of military equipment giveaway soaring under Biden, as BLM claimed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/black-lives-matter/no-proof-military-equipment-giveaway-soaring-under/


claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia Sen. Perdue’s record on preexisting conditions doesn’t match his promises
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says his policy is that “health insurance should always cover preexisting conditions. For anyone. Period.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/03/david-perdue/georgia-sen-perdues-record-preexisting-conditions-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Trump touts one year’s decline in drug overdoses, ignoring three years of increases
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/09/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trump-drug-overdose-rates-his/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video appears to show Elon Musk taunting ‘crybaby liberals’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Elon Musk saying “I just unbanned President Trump’s Twitter and I already have crybaby liberals threatening to quit Twitter.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/11/viral-image/altered-video-appears-to-show-elon-musk-taunting-c/


text: “Roy Moore takes the military vote, pulls ahead by 5,000 votes”
claimant: defense-usa.xyz
claim_date: 2017-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Roy Moore didn't win Alabama race with military ballots
review_date: 2017-12-27T19:37:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/27/defense-usa/no-roy-moore-wont-win-alabama-race-military-ballot/


text: Says "On the Public Service Commission, (Kevin Cramer) raised his pay to over $93,650."
claimant: Heidi Heitkamp
claim_date: 2018-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did Kevin Cramer raise his own salary by $23,000? No.
review_date: 2018-10-08T14:15:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/08/heidi-heitkamp/did-kevin-cramer-raise-his-own-salary-23000-no/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Clots, heart problems from COVID-19 vaccines rare; deaths from the virus persist
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/facebook-posts/clots-heart-problems-covid-19-vaccines-rare-deaths/


text: Says Raphael Warnock has "said we need to open up the prisons" and "eliminate cash bail."
claimant: Kelly Loeffler
claim_date: 2020-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: In GA race, Kelly Loeffler distorts Raphael Warnock’s stances on prisons, bail
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/18/kelly-loeffler/ga-race-kelly-loeffler-distorts-raphael-warnocks-s/


text: “Putin bans 5G across Russia, destroys all towers.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fabricated story about Vladimir Putin banning 5G in Russia repackaged on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/10/blog-posting/fabricated-story-about-vladimir-putin-banning-5g-i/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-03-23T18:34:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would reduce subsidies that help lower-income people buy health insurance, but also "expand the entitlement" by giving subsidies to higher-income people "that Obamacare never helped."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/23/ron-johnson/gop-obamacare-replacement-cuts-aid-lower-income-pe/

title:
GOP Obamacare replacement cuts aid for lower-income people, makes more higher-income people eligible


claimant: Bill de Blasio
claim_date: 2019-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Universal health care for New Yorkers? Not exactly, Bill de Blasio
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It matters that we nominate a candidate who saw the destruction wrought by a broken health care system and gave people universal health care. … These things really matter. And these are the things that I've done in New York."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/27/bill-de-blasio/universal-health-care-new-yorkers-not-exactly/


text: Says Joe Manchin "refused to commit to Kavanaugh until AFTER the Senate had the votes."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: How late did Joe Manchin decide on Kavanaugh vote?
review_date: 2018-11-15T19:06:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/15/patrick-morrisey/how-late-did-joe-manchin-decide-kavanaugh-vote/


text: "You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich's gun rack quip about Volt shot full of holes
review_date: 2016-07-15T17:11:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/feb/24/newt-gingrich/gingrichs-gun-rack-quip-about-volt-shot-full-holes/


text: Says Hillary Clinton helped "get done" the Children's Health Insurance Program.
claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Clinton says Hillary Clinton helped 'get done' the Children's Health Insurance Program
review_date: 2016-07-27T03:34:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-says-hillary-clinton-helped-get-done-/


text: “The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Ron DeSantis on job growth in Florida
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/27/ron-desantis/fact-checking-ron-desantis-job-growth-florida/


text: Says a pandemic occurs exactly every 100 years.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Pandemics like COVID haven’t hit exactly every 100 years, despite claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/facebook-posts/pandemics-covid-havent-hit-exactly-every-100-years/


text: Says Donald Trump's presidential victory was "an electoral landslide."
claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2016-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Despite losing popular vote, Donald Trump won in 'electoral landslide,' GOP's Reince Priebus says
review_date: 2017-04-11T20:09:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/21/reince-priebus/despite-losing-popular-vote-donald-trump-won-elect/


text: Social Security and Medicare are "a Ponzi scheme."
claimant: Carlos Curbelo
claim_date: 2014-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: With a nod to Rick Perry, Carlos Curbelo calls Social Security and Medicare a 'Ponzi scheme'
review_date: 2016-05-28T03:15:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/sep/24/carlos-curbelo/nod-rick-perry-carlos-curbelo-calls-social-securit/


text: Says Andrew Gillum has presided over "the highest crime in Florida four years running."
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis says Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum presided over the highest crime in Florida
review_date: 2018-10-08T19:51:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/08/ron-desantis/ron-desantis-says-tallahassee-mayor-andrew-gillum-/


claimant: Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
claim_date: 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Republicans gave GOP governor more power, but that's changing with new Dem governor
review_date: 2018-12-04T20:58:08Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Republican leaders are moving quickly to undo some of the powers they granted the governor after the 2010 election, when Scott Walker won and the GOP gained full control of the Legislature.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/03/wisconsin-republican-legislative-leaders/wisconsin-republicans-gave-gop-governor-more-power/


text: Image shows Donald Trump golfing.
claimant: Jared Moskowitz
claim_date: 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Trump in the rough? Altered photo falsely depicts former president on the golf course
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/26/jared-moskowitz/trump-in-the-rough-altered-photo-falsely-depicts-f/


claimant: Dan Flynn
claim_date: 2016-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Dan Flynn says raw milk has caused just six Texas illnesses in 20 years
review_date: 2016-09-29T15:14:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/29/dan-flynn/dan-flynn-says-raw-milk-has-caused-just-six-texas-/


claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Matt Gaetz said Democrats' platform once said illegal immigrants were committing felonies
review_date: 2019-02-13T19:55:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/13/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-said-democrats-platform-once-said-illeg/


text: Smart-city plans are behind wildfires in Tenerife.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Tenerife wildfire has no connection to smart city concept
review_date: 2023-08-25T21:50:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/25/facebook-posts/tenerife-wildfire-has-no-connection-to-smart-city/


text: “The Democratic Party just confirmed Michelle Obama will be its nominee and nobody noticed.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: The Democratic Party didn’t name Michelle Obama its 2024 nominee
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/09/viral-image/the-democratic-party-didnt-name-michelle-obama-its/


claimant: National Rifle Association
claim_date: 2022-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: National Rifle Association off target on red flag law process
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/31/national-rifle-association/national-rifle-association-target-red-flag-law-pro/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: The US government is not creating food shortages, despite claim about buffalo killed in the 1800s
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/facebook-posts/us-government-not-creating-food-shortages-despite-/


text: Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”
claimant: Isabel Brown
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Do Americans make less money now than during the Great Depression? 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/2023/sep/07/isabel-brown/are-americans-today-making-less-than-at-the-height/


claimant: Committee to Defend the President
claim_date: 2020-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Meme spreads dubious theory about why Mitt Romney voted to convict
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/10/committee-defend-president/meme-spreads-dubious-theory-about-why-mitt-romney-/


claimant: Maria Bartiromo
claim_date: 2021-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Maria Bartiromo conflates Trump’s Georgia calls in prime-time interview
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Washington Post was "forced to correct what (Donald Trump) told the secretary of state of Georgia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/17/maria-bartiromo/maria-bartiromo-conflates-trumps-georgia-calls-pri/


text: "Mostly Democrat states refused to hand over data" that could show election fraud.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump blames Democratic states on lack of data showing voter fraud
review_date: 2018-01-05T17:17:35Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/05/donald-trump/trump-blames-democratic-states-providing-voter-d/


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: Overstates law
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When the anarchists started ripping down our statues and monuments, right outside, I signed an order immediately, 10 years in prison."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump didn’t lead ‘greatest economy in the history of the world’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In case you forgot. Two years ago today, we were experiencing the greatest economy in the history of the world.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/08/facebook-posts/no-donald-trump-didnt-lead-greatest-economy-histor/


text: “The Simpsons” predicted money missing from Bank of America customers’ accounts in January.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Bank run in 'The Simpsons' episode didn’t foretell Bank of America account glitch
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/13/viral-image/bank-run-in-simpsons-episode-didnt-foretell-bank-o/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says private citizens have up to 10 million assault weapons, more than US military
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/08/bernie-sanders/do-private-citizens-have-5-10-million-assault-weap/


text: "I haven't switched my position" on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine says he hasn't changed his position on Trans-Pacific Partnership (unlike Clinton)
review_date: 2016-08-07T21:31:57Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/07/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-says-he-hasnt-changed-his-position-trans/


text: "Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Congress didn't repeal a law that bars Muslims from holding office
review_date: 2019-04-02T15:33:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/facebook-posts/no-congress-didnt-repeal-law-bars-muslims-holding-/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fishy stat: Elizabeth Warren goes overboard with claim on re-imported fish
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/13/elizabeth-warren/fish-tale-elizabeth-warren-goes-overboard-claim-re/


claimant: John Barrasso
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/mar/19/fact-checking-gop-talking-point-state-local-relief/
title: Fact-checking a GOP talking point on state, local relief in the American Rescue Plan
textual_rating: Linkage isn't perfect
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The relief bill signed by President Joe Biden "punished the states that opened earlier, and it rewarded the states that stayed closed the longest."


claimant: Melissa Sargent
claim_date: 2017-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin offering to pay Taiwan tech firm Foxconn $1 million per job at manufacturing plant?
review_date: 2017-08-11T16:50:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On Foxconn deal, "3,000 jobs cost #WI taxpayers more than $3 billion in tax giveaways. Break it down: more than $1 million in taxpayer dollars per job."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/11/melissa-sargent/wisconsin-offering-pay-taiwan-tech-firm-foxconn-1-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Doctored Al Jazeera tweet makes claims about Taliban
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/19/viral-image/doctored-al-jazeera-tweet-makes-claims-about-talib/


text: Chris Jacobs is a "Never Trumper"
claimant: Chris Collins
claim_date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: There's no evidence Chris Jacobs is a 'Never Trumper'
review_date: 2019-05-31T14:19:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/31/chris-collins/collins-claims-jacobs-never-trumper/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2017-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/mar/02/context-what-jeff-sessions-told-al-franken-about-m/
title: In Context: What Jeff Sessions told Al Franken about meeting Russian officials
review_date: 2017-09-29T19:13:12Z
textual_rating: Less than totally candid
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I didn't have — did not have communications with the Russians."


claimant: Nick Langworthy
claim_date: 2023-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about Energy Department, gas stoves, China is exaggerated
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/nicholas-langworthy/claim-about-energy-department-gas-stoves-china-exa/


text: "The cost of an automobile, it's kind of back to what it was before the pandemic."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden is wrong when he says car prices are back to pre-pandemic levels
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/23/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrong-when-he-says-prices-new-used-cars-/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2020-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Is Pelosi right that EPA said its new rule on air pollutants would harm public health?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-right-epa-said-its-own-new-rule-air-p/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: CDC does not show higher death rate from vaccines than from COVID-19 among kids
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“CDC numbers” show that among children, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have a death rate “174 times higher” than the COVID-19 death rate.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/07/tweets/cdc-does-not-show-higher-death-rate-vaccines-covid/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Meme on Facebook says Ted Cruz declared 'no place' for gays, atheists in 'my America'
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/apr/08/facebook-posts/meme-facebook-says-ted-cruz-declared-no-place-gays/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump inaccurately describes libel law
review_date: 2018-09-05T22:28:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-describes-libel-law/


text: "Starbucks CEO: ‘If You Support Traditional Marriage We Don’t Want Your Business’"
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Website misquotes former Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz about views on marriage
review_date: 2018-06-05T20:25:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/05/blog-posting/what-starbucks-howard-schultz-said-about-same-sex-/


text: "Richard Nixon released tax returns when he was under audit."
claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine correctly notes Richard Nixon released tax returns despite audit
review_date: 2016-10-05T04:56:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-correctly-notes-richard-nixon-released-t/


text: Says there were multiple instances of voter fraud in Wood County, Ohio.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post alleges voter fraud in Wood County, Ohio
review_date: 2016-08-16T14:41:23Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/16/viral-image/viral-post-alleges-voter-fraud-wood-county-ohio/


text: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost millions of jobs."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says NAFTA killed millions of jobs. That's not proven
review_date: 2018-09-24T14:38:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/24/donald-trump/did-nafta-kill-millions-jobs-donald-trump/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: What Joe Biden said about the coronavirus in January
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/22/joe-biden/fact-checking-what-joe-biden-said-about-coronaviru/


text: "Two liberal Democrat congressmen arrested for planning Trump’s assassination."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Pair of (fake) Democratic congressmen were not arrested for plotting to kill Trump
review_date: 2017-04-07T18:29:54Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/07/blog-posting/pair-fake-democratic-congressmen-were-not-arrested/


text: “Joe Biden announced to the world tonight that they are going to cheat by dumping ballots.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t say Democrats would dump ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/04/instagram-posts/no-biden-didnt-say-democrats-would-dump-ballots/


text: Joe Biden killed a Kelly Loeffler campaign staffer.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: Police say Loeffler aide died in a traffic collision
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/08/facebook-posts/police-say-loeffler-aide-died-traffic-collision/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, famed professor of Islam didn’t say Muslims will turn to ‘violent Jihad’ to colonize US, Canada
review_date: 2019-03-29T16:55:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Islamic studies professor Tariq Ramadan said Muslims are here "to colonize the U.S. and Canada and spread Sharia law" and won’t "hesitate to use violent Jihad" if they have to.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/29/facebook-posts/no-famed-professor-islam-didnt-say-muslims-will-tu/


claimant: Tweet
claim_date: 2020-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Edited video of Joe Biden stuttering on The View was meant as satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/28/social-media/edited-video-joe-biden-stuttering-view-was-meant-s/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Maxine Waters wasn’t indicted for steering TARP money to her husband’s private bank account
review_date: 2019-05-16T15:08:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2010, Maxine Waters steered $12 million in TARP funds to her husband’s private bank account. She was indicted but served no time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/16/viral-image/no-maxine-waters-wasnt-indicted-steering-tarp-mone/


text: On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses.
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2021-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Gov. Evers tweaks his stance on repealing business tax
textual_rating: Half Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/tony-evers/wisconsin-gov-evers-tweaks-his-stance-repealing-bu/


text: “No human is allowed to travel to Antarctica.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Humans may, and do, visit Antarctica, despite social media claim
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/14/instagram-posts/humans-may-and-do-visit-antarctica/


text: Democrats used “47 million mail-in ballots” to steal “every election in the country.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Democrats didn’t steal ‘every election in the country’ with mail ballots
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/11/instagram-posts/no-democrats-didnt-steal-every-election-in-the-cou/


text: "I’ve lived" in Milwaukee "all 61 years of my life."
claimant: Andy Gronik
claim_date: 2018-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: This Democratic candidate for governor says he lives in Milwaukee, but that's misleading
review_date: 2018-05-24T22:31:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/23/andy-gronik/democratic-candidate-governor-says-he-lives-milwau/


claimant: Rahm Emanuel
claim_date: 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Emanuel exaggerates what studies say about CPS
review_date: 2018-10-15T16:16:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says three research universities "came out and said (CPS is) the best public school system in the United States of a major urban system."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-exaggerates-what-studies-say-about-cps/


text: "Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claim about soaring Obamacare premiums
review_date: 2017-03-01T04:54:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/28/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim-about-soaring-ob/


text: Photo shows Joe Biden’s license plate says “THEBIGGUY.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show Biden’s car with ‘Big Guy’ license plates
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/28/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-bidens-car-big-guy-license-pl/


claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2017-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Rauner consistent from the start on his pro-choice views
review_date: 2017-10-10T12:26:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/10/bruce-rauner/rauner-consistent-start-his-pro-choice-views/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking whether FEMA funds were shifted to indefinite detention at the border
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/30/pete-buttigieg/fact-checking-whether-fema-funds-were-shifted-inde/


text: Coronavirus is a Latin word for “heart attack virus.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Coronavirus is not a Latin word that means ‘heart attack virus’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/12/viral-image/coronavirus-is-not-a-latin-word-that-means-heart-a/


text: 11 past mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
claimant: Adam Best
claim_date: 2021-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: AR-15 style weapons were used in 10 major shootings
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/24/viral-image/ar-15-style-weapons-were-used-10-major-shootings/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, the CDC is not collecting human DNA from COVID-19 PCR tests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has amassed the “largest collection of human data in history” through COVID-19 PCR tests.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/23/instagram-posts/no-cdc-not-collecting-human-dna-covid-19-pcr-tests/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Self-published book on omicron was not copyrighted before variant was discovered
review_date: 2021-12-21T22:49:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/20/facebook-posts/self-published-book-omicron-was-not-copyrighted-va/


text: "Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden overstates the number of K-12 students who speak Spanish
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/21/joe-biden/joe-biden-overstates-the-number-of-k-12-students-w/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Tesla shareholder meeting video altered to misrepresent CEO Elon Musk’s comments
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Elon Musk “urging everyone in the UK to take advantage of this great opportunity before the big banks close completely.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/12/viral-image/tesla-shareholder-meeting-video-altered-to-misrepr/


text: Getting the COVID-19 vaccine jeopardizes life insurance policies.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccination status doesn’t impact life insurance policies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/26/viral-image/covid-19-vaccination-status-doesnt-impact-life-ins/


claimant: Chain message
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook Messenger video falsely claims hot lemon juice can kill the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Slices of lemon in a cup of hot water can save your life. The hot lemon can kill the proliferation of" the novel coronavirus.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/24/chain-message/facebook-messenger-video-falsely-claims-hot-lemon-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news accounts spread false information about journalists in Afghanistan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/17/viral-image/fake-news-accounts-spread-false-information-about-/


text: Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Melania Trump is not the first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone in 50 years
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/


text: Photo shows a Home Depot worksheet on “privilege” used to train its employees.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Home Depot document on racial and social privilege isn’t used for required employee training
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/24/facebook-posts/home-depot-document-racial-and-social-privilege-is/


text: “A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: News video of shot up car was filmed in Ukraine, not West Virginia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/17/facebook-posts/news-video-shot-car-was-filmed-ukraine-not-west-vi/


text: "Donald Trump praises Colonel Sanders for his service in the Civil War."
claimant: TheRedShtick.com
claim_date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump calling KFC’s Col. Sanders a Civil War hero was a parody site’s story
review_date: 2017-05-23T21:03:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/23/theredshtickcom/trump-calling-kfcs-col-sanders-civil-war-hero-was-/


text: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is FDA approved
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/17/tiktok-posts/pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-got-fda-approval-august/


claimant: The Creative Resistance
claim_date: 2017-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Progressive group accuses Senate splinter group of cashing in with donors
review_date: 2017-11-06T15:33:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"IDC members also get tons of campaign money from real estate, charter school, and health care lobbyists, some of whom are Republicans with connections to Trump"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/05/creative-resistance/progressive-group-accuses-senate-splinter-group-do/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump exaggerates turnaround on US car plants, ignores closures
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-touts-new-car-plants-america-overlook/


text: “McDonald’s and Coke have both announced no whites will be hired in top positions.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola didn’t say they aren’t hiring white people
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/13/facebook-posts/no-mcdonalds-and-coca-cola-didnt-say-they-arent-hi/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin's 'very cheesy ad' cuts the mustard
review_date: 2018-06-08T19:56:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/tammy-baldwin/us-sen-tammy-baldwins-very-cheesy-ad-cuts-mustard/


text: "States that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."
claimant: Doug Jones
claim_date: 2018-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, waiting periods on gun purchases have been linked to suicide reduction
review_date: 2018-03-24T17:00:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/24/doug-jones/yes-waiting-periods-gun-purchases-have-been-linked/


claimant: Jesse Watters
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Are COVID-19 travel restrictions ‘more critical in saving lives’ than testing? Not really
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/jesse-watters/are-covid-19-travel-restrictions-more-critical-sav/


text: "We're the highest taxed nation in the world."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: For the third time, Donald Trump, U.S. is not 'highest taxed nation in the world'
review_date: 2017-04-12T19:13:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-us-not-highest-taxed-nation-in-world/


text: Joe Biden received a military funeral service Jan. 20, 2021
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Bury the falsehood, not the president. Biden never had a funeral and still lives.
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/bury-falsehood-not-president-biden-never-had-funer/


text: “CDC says expect a polio-like outbreak coming in children in the next four months.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: CDC warned of acute flaccid myelitis in 2020, not 2021
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/17/instagram-posts/cdc-warned-acute-flaccid-myelitis-2020-not-2021/


text: Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term."
claimant: Steve McCraw
claim_date: 2018-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Is 'illegal alien' a legal term in federal law?
review_date: 2018-05-09T15:17:19Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/09/steve-mccraw/illegal-alien-legal-term-federal-law/


text: "In Houston, Texas, there are more brothels than there are Starbucks."
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2018-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Abbott says Houston is home to more brothels than Starbucks stores
review_date: 2018-07-13T18:40:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/13/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-houston-home-more-brothels-starbucks-t/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: A wind turbine can produce in months, not years, more energy than was needed to manufacture it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/28/instagram-posts/a-wind-turbine-can-produce-in-months-not-years-mor/


text: "New regulation requires motorcycle owners to install 75 MPH governor by January 2017"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Will the federal government require devices to slow down motorcycles?
review_date: 2017-04-01T18:58:50Z
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/will-federal-government-require-devices-slow-down-/


claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/25/fact-checking-night-1-2020-rnc/
title: Fact-checking night 1 of the 2020 RNC
review_date: 2020-08-25T04:59:42Z
textual_rating: Requires more context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Democrats claim to be for workers, but they’ve spent the entire pandemic trying to sneak a tax break for millionaires in Democrat states into the COVID relief bill."


claimant: Mark Meadows
claim_date: 2019-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Meadows wrongly claims Obama removed census citizenship question in 2010
review_date: 2019-04-04T22:00:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/04/mark-meadows/meadows-wrongly-claims-obama-removed-census-citize/


claimant: William Barr
claim_date: 2019-04-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/may/01/senate-democrats-accuse-william-barr-lying-congres/
title: Senate Democrats accuse William Barr of lying to Congress about Mueller’s reaction. Did he?
review_date: 2019-05-01T22:33:09Z
textual_rating: He heard from Mueller
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
”No, I don’t (know about frustration in the special counsel's office about Barr's summary memo). I think, I suspect that they probably wanted more put out.”


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/16/fact-checking-sanders-biden-primary-debate/
title: Fact-checking the Sanders-Biden primary debate
review_date: 2020-03-16T03:47:49Z
textual_rating: Ignores Biden's current stance
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You have been on the floor of the Senate time and time again talking about the need to cut Social Security, Medicare and veterans' programs."


text: "Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."
claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Barack Obama says VA budget has risen 85 percent on his watch
review_date: 2016-09-30T02:23:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/30/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-va-budget-has-risen-85-percent-h/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: In 1969, the president called the astronauts on the moon. Here’s how
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The phone President Richard Nixon used to talk to the first astronauts on the moon is evidence the 1969 moon landing was faked.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/05/instagram-posts/in-1969-the-president-called-the-astronauts-on-the/


claimant: Stop Deceptive Amendments
claim_date: 2018-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Ad misleads about NC governors opposing constitutional amendments
review_date: 2018-09-28T20:02:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every former North Carolina governor opposes "constitutional amendments Raleigh lawmakers put on the ballot this fall."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/27/stop-deceptive-amendments/ad-misleads-about-nc-governors-opposing-constituti/


text: "Hillary Clinton has promised to raise taxes by $1 trillion."
claimant: New Day for America
claim_date: 2016-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Super PAC's $1 trillion tax claim against Hillary Clinton ignores timeframe, who would pay
review_date: 2016-04-26T23:36:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/27/new-day-america/super-pacs-1-trillion-tax-claim-against-hillary-cl/


text: “The Antarctic ice cap is not melting.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, the Antarctic ice sheets are melting. Scientists say they’ve melted for decades.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/25/instagram-posts/yes-the-antarctic-ice-sheets-are-melting-scientist/


text: "There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump’s exaggerated claims about the North Korea deal
review_date: 2018-07-02T20:51:46Z
textual_rating: Three Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/07/02/president-trumps-exaggerated-claims-about-the-north-korea-deal/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi was photographed with the Manson Family.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi was not photographed with Charles Manson ‘family’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/18/facebook-posts/no-nancy-pelosi-was-not-photographed-charles-manso/


text: Videos show Planned Parenthood “aiding sex traffickers in their crimes.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, these decade-old-plus videos don’t ‘expose’ Planned Parenthood aiding sex traffickers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/instagram-posts/no-these-decade-old-plus-videos-dont-expose-planne/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, California Is Not Sending Mail-In Ballots “To Anyone In The State,” As Trump Falsely Claimed
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/26/donald-trump/no-california-not-sending-mail-ballots-anyone-stat/


text: “Chickens aren’t laying eggs because RNA is being added to commercial chicken feed.”
claimant: TikTok post
claim_date: 2023-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Is RNA making chickens lay fewer eggs? No, improper nutrition, disease are likelier to blame
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/tiktok-posts/rna-making-chickens-lay-fewer-eggs-no-improper-nut/


text: “The White House Gift Shop is putting out a commemorative coin for Donald Trump's indictment.”
claimant: Bill Cassidy
claim_date: 2023-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Gift shop selling coin for Trump’s indictment is not affiliated with the White House
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/13/bill-cassidy/gift-shop-selling-coin-for-trumps-indictment-is-no/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/13/trump-top-officials-send-mixed-messages-soleimani-/
title: Trump, top officials send mixed messages on Soleimani, Iran
textual_rating: They've sent mixed messages
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners are working hard to determine whether or not the future attack by terrorist Soleimani was ‘imminent’ or not, & was my team in agreement. The answer to both is a strong YES.”


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2020-10-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/08/fact-checking-2020-vice-presidential-debate-kamala/
title: Fact-checking the 2020 vice presidential debate, Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence
review_date: 2020-10-08T05:12:24Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"(Biden’s) own chief of staff, Ron Klain, would say last year that it was pure luck, that they did ‘everything possible wrong’ (with H1N1). And we learned from that."


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2020-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Department of Homeland Security declared Nov. 3 election most secure in American history
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/17/tammy-baldwin/yes-department-homeland-security-declared-nov-3-el/


text: "Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Do players get most of NFL revenues, as Donald Trump says?
review_date: 2018-08-14T17:41:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/13/donald-trump/do-players-get-most-nfl-revenues-donald-trump-says/


text: "The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2018-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders: Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett have more wealth than bottom half of U.S.
review_date: 2018-07-19T13:53:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/19/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-warren-buffet/


claimant: Chris Murphy
claim_date: 2020-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Chris Murphy overstates travel from China after Trump restrictions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/13/chris-murphy/sen-chris-murphy-overstates-travel-china-after-tru/


text: “The Obama Foundation stored classified documents in an abandoned furniture warehouse.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Claims about Obama Foundation keeping classified records in an abandoned warehouse are wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/06/facebook-posts/claims-about-obama-foundation-keeping-classified-r/


text: Says a viral photo shows Susan B. Anthony being "beaten and arrested for trying to vote" in 1872.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, photo of woman being ‘beaten and arrested’ by police was not Susan B. Anthony
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/12/viral-image/no-photo-woman-being-beaten-and-arrested-police-wa/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fear-mongering Facebook post misleads about tinnitus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Ringing in your ears can cause total shutdown in under two years” but a pill can make tinnitus disappear.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/facebook-posts/fear-mongering-facebook-post-misleads-about-tinnit/


text: Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Trump misses the mark with claim that Green New Deal proposal wants to ban cows
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/donald-trump/trump-misses-mark-claim-green-new-deal-proposal-wa/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Tammy Baldwin ad claiming Kevin Nicholson made $1 million from firms that cut jobs lacks evidence
review_date: 2018-08-07T16:44:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/07/tammy-baldwin/tammy-baldwin-ad-claiming-kevin-nicholson-made-1-m/


claimant: Gary Farmer
claim_date: 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Democrat says medical pot use keeps patients off organ transplant list
review_date: 2019-03-27T13:36:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Some patients who are on transplant lists for kidney or other organs are being dropped from the list simply because they are shown as a licensed card holder" for medical marijuana.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/gary-farmer/florida-democrat-says-medical-pot-use-keeps-patien/


claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Despite claim, Minnesota's Dan Feehan isn't throwing the border gates open
review_date: 2018-10-29T19:58:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Dan Feehan "would vote with Pelosi for open borders and amnesty, putting Minnesota families at risk."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/29/congressional-leadership-fund/despite-claim-minnesotas-dan-feehan-isn/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Charlie Daniels never said ‘voting for Trump is like playing country music backwards.’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says singer Charlie Daniels said, "voting for Trump is like playing country music backwards … you get your house back, your car back, your job back, your country back!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/13/facebook-posts/no-charlie-daniels-never-said-voting-trump-playing/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Texas church shooter was not on the DNC payroll. That’s fake news.
review_date: 2017-11-06T18:02:40Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "FBI and Texas State Police are both confirming that Raymond Peter Littleberry, the man accused of shooting up a Texas church, was an avid atheist on the payroll of the Democrat National Committee."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/06/freedomjunkshuncom/no-texas-church-shooter-was-not-dnc-payroll-s-fake/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/08/fact-checking-joe-bidens-2023-state-union-address/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address
review_date: 2023-02-08T05:10:55Z
textual_rating: Makes some key errors
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
With non-compete clauses, "a cashier at a burger place cannot walk across town and take the same job at another burger place and make a few bucks more. They just changed it, because we exposed it.”


text: “Boy passes Joe Biden a vial of fresh blood to drink on his way back to the White House”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Video of child giving Biden vial of blood to drink is doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/17/tweets/video-child-giving-biden-vial-blood-drink-doctored/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Rudy Giuliani’s ties to a hydroxychloroquine manufacturer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rudy Giuliani "bought $2M in shares of Novartis, a primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine" in early February.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/tweets/fact-checking-rudy-giulianis-ties-hydroxychloroqui/


text: COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy and a recent Forbes article proves that.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccines are not gene therapy and a Forbes article doesn’t say they are
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/03/instagram-posts/covid-19-vaccines-are-not-gene-therapy-and-forbes-/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Does Leah Vukmir support letting insurers deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions?
review_date: 2018-10-08T21:23:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions" and Leah Vukmir supports letting insurance companies "deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/08/tammy-baldwin/does-leah-vukmir-support-letting-insurers-deny-cov/


claimant: Jeffrey Toobin
claim_date: 2022-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Sometimes SCOTUS leaks happen, but a leaked majority opinion draft is new
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/04/jeffrey-toobin/sometimes-scotus-leaks-happen-leaked-majority-opin/


text: "90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless."
claimant: Darrell Steinberg
claim_date: 2019-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Does California really have ‘90,000 unsheltered’ homeless people?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/31/darrell-steinberg/fact-check-does-california-really-have-90000-unshe/


text: “Miss USA boycotts Miss Universe pageant: ‘I’m not competing against a man.’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Claims Miss USA boycotting Miss Universe over transgender contestant originated on a fake news site
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/17/facebook-posts/claims-miss-usa-boycotting-miss-universe-over-tran/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2019-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Barack Obama wrong on limits of US gun laws, machine gun sales
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation. They buy it over the internet. They can buy machine guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/04/barack-obama/barack-obama-wrong-limits-us-gun-laws/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2021-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence Walmart is selling kidnapped children on its website
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Walmart is “kidnapping kids” and selling them, and this can be proven by searching “girls shoes $5,000” on Walmart.com.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/30/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-walmart-selling-kidnapped-child/


text: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-12-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, court did not rule 200,000 Wisconsin ballots were illegitimate
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/06/facebook-posts/no-court-did-not-rule-200000-wisconsin-ballots-wer/


text: North Carolina is one of "very few states" that give the governor sole discretion to pick judges.
claimant: Tim Moore
claim_date: 2018-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: NC Speaker says constitutional amendment puts NC in line with other states
review_date: 2018-08-30T17:08:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/29/tim-moore/moore-says-constitutional-amendment-puts-nc-line-o/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Supposed recording of Obama reacting to chef’s death isn’t authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former President Barack Obama “reacts to chef’s wife blaming him for the death of her husband Talafi Cambell.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/24/facebook-posts/supposed-recording-of-obama-reacting-to-chefs-deat/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: CDC and FEMA aren’t separating students and parents in Ohio because of COVID-19
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“CDC announces that students may be kept from parents overnight as Ohio sets up COVID-19 FEMA camps.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/instagram-posts/cdc-and-fema-arent-separating-students-and-parents/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump ad misleads about Joe Biden, Ukraine and the prosecutor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/donald-trump/trump-ad-misleads-about-biden-ukraine-and-prosecut/


text: “Marjorie Taylor Greene just scrubbed her Twitter feed of all things Gaetz.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Majorie Taylor Greene didn’t erase Matt Gaetz from her Twitter feeds
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/15/viral-image/no-majorie-taylor-greene-didnt-erase-matt-gaetz-he/


text: Kanye West scored "106 points against wheelchair basketball team."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kanye didn’t dunk on children in wheelchairs
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/07/viral-image/no-kanye-didnt-dunk-children-wheelchairs/


text: “Finland joins NATO.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Finland’s NATO membership is not final
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/16/facebook-posts/finlands-nato-membership-not-final/


claimant: Universal News Portal
claim_date: 2018-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Headline that Jennifer Aniston formed 'celebrities for Trump' is fake news
review_date: 2018-03-12T19:49:20Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Jennifer Aniston said, "Me and all the Trump supporter celebrities decide to make a company named ‘celebrities for Trump’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/12/universal-news-portal/headline-jennifer-aniston-formed-celebrities-trump/


text: “Ida was the strongest hurricane to ever strike anywhere in the United States.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Looking at how Hurricane Ida compares with other hurricanes in U.S. history
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/17/viral-image/looking-how-hurricane-ida-compares-other-hurricane/


text: "The real electoral map" shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in electoral votes.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump does not have more electoral votes than Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/12/facebook-posts/trump-does-not-have-more-electoral-votes-biden/


claimant: Polish Embassy
claim_date: 2018-03-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/mar/09/understanding-polish-holocaust-law/
title: Understanding Poland's ‘Holocaust law’
review_date: 2018-03-09T19:13:25Z
textual_rating: Not that clear cut
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The legislation concerns only accusations of collective responsibility by the Polish Nation or Polish State for German Nazi Crimes. It does not seek to deny nor does it apply towards charges of individual collaboration by Polish nationals during World War II.”


claimant: Trey Blocker
claim_date: 2018-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Was Sid Miller slow to reveal a laptop hack that released students' personal data?
review_date: 2018-02-05T16:05:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/05/trey-blocker/challenger-says-sid-miller-was-slow-reveal-compute/


text: Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."
claimant: Dana Wachs
claim_date: 2018-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: How Scott Walker's rejection of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare cost Wisconsin $1 billion
review_date: 2018-06-15T14:17:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/15/dana-wachs/how-scott-walkers-rejection-medicaid-expansion-und/


text: Says Joe Manchin said "yes to repealing Obamacare. He lied."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Did Joe Manchin say yes to repealing Obamacare, as opponent's ad says?
review_date: 2018-07-24T19:25:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/24/patrick-morrisey/did-joe-manchin-say-yes-repealing-obamacare-oppone/


text: Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense."
claimant: National Rifle Association
claim_date: 2016-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: NRA ad falsely says Clinton 'doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense'
review_date: 2016-08-12T00:14:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/11/national-rifle-association/nra-ad-falsely-says-clinton-doesnt-believe-your-ri/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence off base about his policies aiding last U.S. debt decrease
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/29/mike-pence/mike-pence-wrong-that-his-policies-aided-last-us-d/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2015-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Viral graphic says Japan keeps out radical Islam through strong restrictions on Muslims
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:09:38Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Japan, "permanent residency is not given to Muslims," the "propagation of Islam" is banned, "one cannot import a Koran published in the Arabic language," and "Muslims cannot even rent a house."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/nov/17/viral-image/viral-graphic-says-japan-keeps-out-radical-islam-t/


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: Ban placed Jan. 31
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We closed up our borders to flights coming in from certain areas, areas that were hit by the coronavirus and hit pretty hard. And we did it very early. A lot of people thought we shouldn’t have done it that early, and we did, and it turned out to be a very good thing."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Battleground states did not ‘stop counting’ votes on election night when Trump was ahead
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Six states "decided to stop counting" votes as Donald Trump was "headed for a win” on election night.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/facebook-posts/battleground-states-did-not-stop-counting-votes-el/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/21/fact-checking-joe-biden-2020-democrat-national-con/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden at the 2020 Democratic National Convention
review_date: 2020-08-21T05:31:03Z
textual_rating: Others also got cuts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Trump’s tax cuts were a "$1.3 trillion tax giveaway to the wealthiest 1% and the biggest, most profitable corporations, some of which do not pay any tax at all."


text: 28.2 million Americans are still waiting under Obamacare and remain uninsured!
claimant: Sean Spicer
claim_date: 2017-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Sean Spicer tweets misleading Obamacare statistic
review_date: 2017-06-28T22:10:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/28/sean-spicer/sean-spicer-tweets-misleading-obamacare-statistic/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2017-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich misleads with point that House health care bill grows Medicaid spending
review_date: 2017-06-30T16:37:48Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/28/newt-gingrich/gingrich-misleads-point-house-bill-grows-medicaid-/


text: Video shows man upset because he was added to the no-fly list for storming the Capitol.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of a Capitol rioter upset because he’s on the no-fly list
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/facebook-posts/no-isnt-video-capitol-rioter-upset-because-hes-no-/


text: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Phoenix TV station accidentally airs mock election results
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/instagram-posts/phoenix-tv-station-did-not-call-election-katie-hob/


text: Say photographs of Hillary Clinton at the debate show what could be an earpiece.
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that Hillary Clinton wore earpiece at debate don't hold up
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:07:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/28/blog-posting/claims-hillary-clinton-wore-earpiece-debate-dont-h/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson's claim that some earn more on unemployment than working is on the money
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals according to (Congressional Budget Office), are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/13/ron-johnson/johnsons-claim-some-earn-more-unemployment-working/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2019-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Have 1M Wisconsinites "voted to raise their own property taxes"?
review_date: 2019-05-17T15:44:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"More than a million Wisconsinites have voted to raise their own property taxes because Republicans have failed to fully fund our public schools for the past eight years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/17/tony-evers/tony-evers-1m-wisconsinites-voted-raise-taxes/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the state of endangered animals, extinctions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/23/facebook-posts/fact-checking-state-endangered-animals-extinctions/


text: "We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2014-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says she and Bill were 'dead broke'
review_date: 2018-06-05T13:45:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/jun/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-she-and-bill-were-dead-broke/


text: Video shows former President Donald Trump saying he “just can’t be upset” with Kanye West.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video appears to show Trump discussing Kanye West
review_date: 2022-12-12T17:29:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/09/viral-image/altered-video-appears-show-trump-discussing-kanye/


text: "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says US spent $7 trillion on Middle East wars. A lot of that money has not been spent
review_date: 2018-05-01T14:59:45Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/01/donald-trump/donald-trump-and-7-trillion-dollar-cost-war/


text: A picture shows former President Bill Clinton naked with another woman.
claimant: The Political Insider
claim_date: 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Website caught publishing fake news of a leaked photo of a naked Bill Clinton
review_date: 2016-11-15T21:42:12Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/15/political-insider/website-caught-publishing-fake-news-leaked-photo-n/


text: The FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop.
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2022-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: The FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop? There’s no evidence of that
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/06/donald-trump-jr/fbi-lost-hunter-bidens-laptop-theres-no-evidence/


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2019-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Assembly Speaker's new take on red-flag gun laws still misses target
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/06/robin-vos/wisconsin-assembly-speakers-new-take-red-flag-gun-/


text: A photo shows Patrick Mahomes wearing a shirt that says, “The Great State of Kansas.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Patrick Mahomes wasn’t photographed wearing a “Great State of Kansas” shirt
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/06/viral-image/no-patrick-mahomes-wasnt-photographed-wearing-grea/


text: "Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Is Hispanic household income at a record high, as Donald Trump says?
review_date: 2018-11-01T18:34:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/01/donald-trump/hispanic-household-income-record-high-donald-trump/


text: The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers.
claimant: Chris Larson
claim_date: 2021-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, the GOP-controlled Legislature has ‘refused to act on at least 150’ Evers’ appointees
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/24/chris-larson/yes-gop-controlled-legislature-has-refused-act-lea/


text: "Trump tax cut benefits all congressional districts, up to $44,697 per family."
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2018-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Could Trump tax cut save up to $44,697 per family?
review_date: 2018-07-26T15:40:19Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/26/kevin-mccarthy/could-trump-tax-cut-save-44697-family/


text: “President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.”
claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2021-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Biden has overseen a large increase in jobs, but he’s not really the one creating them
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/21/gwen-moore/biden-has-overseen-large-increase-jobs-hes-not-rea/


claimant: Heidi Heitkamp
claim_date: 2018-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Is the Senate banking bill a big win for Wall Street? Yes and no
review_date: 2018-03-20T17:52:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are no provisions in here that substantially affect or advantage the big Wall Street bankers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/20/heidi-heitkamp/senate-banking-bill-win-advantage-wall-street/


text: "Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Was Nancy Pelosi’s son an executive for a Ukrainian gas company?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/17/blog-posting/was-nancy-pelosis-son-executive-ukrainian-gas-comp/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/12/fact-checking-donald-trump-singapore-north-korea/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump in Singapore about North Korea
review_date: 2018-06-12T18:02:00Z
textual_rating: Not the whole story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Scientifically, it takes a long time to pull off complete denuclearization. But despite that, once you start the process it means it’s pretty much over.


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Bloomberg's claim of 95% reduction in stop-and-frisk policy needs context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/michael-bloomberg/fact-checking-mike-bloombergs-claim-95-decline-sto/


claimant: Chris Murphy
claim_date: 2017-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump responsible for rising health insurance premiums, as Chris Murphy said?
review_date: 2017-07-10T18:46:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/10/chris-murphy/donald-trump-responsible-rising-health-insurance-p/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence wrong on Haiti contracts steered to Clinton friends
review_date: 2016-10-19T22:22:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"State Department officials actually directed contracts for the Haitian recovery after the earthquake to friends of the Clintons."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/19/mike-pence/pence-wrong-haiti-contracts-steered-clinton-friend/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: The facts of whale life: Do male whales ‘help’ other males mate?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When two large whales do the nasty there’s sometimes this one bro who just sort of holds them up so they don’t float off."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/viral-image/facts-whale-life-do-male-whales-help-other-males-m/


text: Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome and “stroke season” didn’t exist before the COVID-19 pandemic.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome, seasonal stroke risk concerns long predate the COVID-19 pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/instagram-posts/sudden-arrhythmic-death-syndrome-seasonal-stroke-r/


text: The Clintons killed Ken Starr.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Ken Starr died because of surgery complications — not because of the Clintons
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/14/tweets/ken-starr-died-because-surgery-complications-not-b/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, 39 missing kids weren’t found in a double wide trailer in Georgia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Says authorities found 39 children in a double wide trailer in Georgia and it's not the biggest news story in America.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/01/facebook-posts/no-39-missing-kids-werent-found-double-wide-traile/


text: Says Florida has "roughly 1,500 resource officers dealing with about 3,800 schools."
claimant: Bill Galvano
claim_date: 2018-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Taking a closer look at Florida's school resource officer count
review_date: 2018-03-02T16:59:52Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/02/bill-galvano/taking-closer-look-number-school-resource-officers/


text: It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."
claimant: Richard Corcoran
claim_date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran misleads about education legislation negotiations
review_date: 2017-05-17T15:14:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/17/richard-corcoran/florida-house-speaker-richard-corcoran-misleads-ab/


text: Denzel Washington left the Democratic Party because he’s “had it with the lies.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Satirical post featuring Denzel Washington spreads on social media
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/24/viral-image/satirical-post-featuring-denzel-washington-spreads/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/19/fact-checking-donald-trump-joe-biden-biden-sanders/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform
review_date: 2020-07-19T16:28:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform would "end tax credit scholarships serving disadvantaged students in 26 states."


text: A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned fur cap is an “Antifa thug.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Face-painted man in horned fur cap at Capitol riot supports Trump and QAnon, not antifa
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/facebook-posts/face-painted-man-horned-fur-cap-capitol-riot-suppo/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Moderna CEO didn’t ‘admit’ company produced 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2019
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At the World Economic Forum, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel admitted that his company produced 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2019, before the pandemic started.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/17/instagram-posts/moderna-ceo-didnt-admit-company-produced-100000-co/


text: Adam Schiff Paid Witnesses Over $40 Million To Testify Against Trump
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Adam Schiff didn’t pay witnesses to testify against President Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/blog-posting/no-adam-schiff-didnt-pay-witnesses-testify-against/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: At debate, Joe Biden said to Google ‘1,000 prisoners freed Kamala Harris.’ Time for a fact-check
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Kamala Harris oversaw a police department that was "abusing people’s rights" and that she did not "disclose to defense attorneys" when there was exculpatory evidence: "She didn't do that. She never did it. And so, what happened? Along came a federal judge and said enough, enough, and he freed 1,000 of these people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/02/joe-biden/debate-biden-said-google-1000-prisoners-freed-kama/


text: Forty-four senators “voted NOT to send stimulus checks.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: The Senate voted unanimously in favor of the stimulus bill, despite claim 44 opposed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/viral-image/senate-voted-unanimously-favor-stimulus-bill/


text: The Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter was Samantha Hyde.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Another false ‘Sam Hyde’ meme circulates after Nashville, Tennessee, shooting
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/28/facebook-posts/another-false-sam-hyde-meme-circulates-after-nashv/


text: "By 2022, just the interest payment on our debt will be greater than the defense of our country."
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2018-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Will interest on the debt exceed defense spending by 2022?
review_date: 2018-05-10T14:35:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/10/joe-manchin/will-interest-debt-exceed-defense-spending-2022/


text: Image shows Donald Trump’s new Christmas card.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: That image with a dressed-up Trump is not his official Christmas card
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/06/viral-image/image-dressed-trump-not-his-official-christmas-car/


text: "Bump stocks are already illegal in the state of New York. You can't buy one."
claimant: Andrew M. Cuomo
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Bump stocks are still legal to own and sell in New York state
review_date: 2017-11-17T20:54:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/17/andrew-cuomo/bump-stocks-are-still-legal-own-and-sell-new-york-/


text: With the Republican tax law, "the rich folks got $1.5 trillion."
claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Warren overstates share of tax cuts for the rich
review_date: 2019-01-09T15:42:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/elizabeth-warren/warren-overstates-share-tax-cuts-rich/


claimant: Joy-Ann Reid
claim_date: 2017-08-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/aug/15/are-there-white-nationalists-white-house/
title: Are there white nationalists in the White House?
review_date: 2017-08-15T21:09:54Z
textual_rating: A bit too strong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"What is the alt-right? It is a dressed-up term for white nationalism. ... (President Trump) is surrounded by these people ... they're in the White House with him."


text: Video clips show staged war footage from Ukraine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Video clips mischaracterized as showing fake Ukraine war footage
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/26/viral-image/video-clips-mischaracterized-showing-fake-ukraine/


text: On passing high-dollar legislation with no time to read it.
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson flips position on last-minute bills now that Dems are in charge
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/11/ron-johnson/johnson-flips-position-last-minute-bills-now-dems-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: A map showing Hurricane Irma on a path to hit Houston is fake news
review_date: 2017-09-01T20:21:23Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Hurricane Irma is "predicted to come through Mexico, hit us and everything in between up to Houston."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/01/blog-posting/map-showing-hurricane-irma-path-hit-houston-fake-n/


text: “Pennsylvania sent out 1,823,148 mail-in ballots. They got back 2,589,242.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pennsylvania didn’t send out more mail-in ballots than were cast in the 2020 election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/11/viral-image/no-pennsylvania-didnt-send-out-more-mail-ballots-w/


text: Says Democrats "spent $40,000,000 of YOUR tax dollars trying to impeach Trump."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post says Democrats spent $40 million on impeachment. That’s False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/15/facebook-posts/viral-post-says-democrats-spent-40-million-impeach/


text: Walmart is selling bicycles for $6.95 instead of recycling them.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for this Facebook post promising cheap Walmart bikes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/19/facebook-posts/dont-fall-for-this-facebook-post-promising-cheap-w/


text: A royal guard member collapsed because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Unfounded claims connect fainting royal guard to COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/16/instagram-posts/unfounded-claims-connect-fainting-royal-guard-covi/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, a New York Democrat named Jenna Tull didn’t say older Americans should be euthanized
review_date: 2019-04-26T18:55:14Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New York Democrat Jenna Tull was recorded saying, "Americans should be euthanized when they hit 70. They just become too dumb….and think of the money we’d save!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/26/viral-image/no-new-york-democrat-named-jenna-tull-didnt-say-ol/


text: NASA faked footage of astronauts on the International Space Station.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: NASA did not fake footage from the International Space Station
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/23/instagram-posts/nasa-did-not-fake-footage-from-the-international-s/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2019-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: More arrests in the US for marijuana possession than violent crimes, 2020 hopeful Cory Booker says
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/11/cory-booker/more-arrests-us-marijuana-possession-violent-crime/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: 2008 quote does not reflect scientific consensus: Humans do cause global warming
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/03/viral-image/2008-quote-does-not-reflect-scientific-consensus-h/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Barnes & Noble isn’t selling “If You Give a Pig the White House” in its kids section
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Barnes & Noble and Target have the book "If You Give a Pig the White House" in their children’s sections.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/24/viral-image/barnes-noble-isnt-selling-if-you-give-pig-white-ho/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying over Ted Cruz’s remarks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/26/facebook-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/


text: Says some of the names that may be purged from voter roll are people who have died.
claimant: Bob Spindell
claim_date: 2020-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Are dead people among the names in Wisconsin voter roll purge?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/30/robert-spindell/dead-people-among-names-wisconsin-voter-roll-purge/


text: A photo shows former President Barack Obama’s “old boyfriend,” to whom he paid “hush money.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence does not show Barack Obama had a boyfriend or paid ‘hush money’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/29/instagram-posts/evidence-does-not-show-barack-obama-had-a-boyfrien/


text: Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Image of Pramila Jayapal without mask is out of context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/14/facebook-posts/image-pramila-jayapal-without-mask-out-context/


text: A “public health warning” was recently issued for fluoride toothpaste.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, a public health warning wasn’t recently issued for fluoride toothpaste
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/10/facebook-posts/no-public-health-warning-wasnt-recently-issued-flu/


text: Barack Obama “is the first ex-president to ever speak against his successor.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Obama isn't the first ex-president to speak ill of his successor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/11/tweets/obama-isnt-first-ex-president-speak-ill-his-succes/


text: “Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Ivermectin was approved by the FDA to treat some diseases, not COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/15/facebook-posts/ivermectin-was-approved-fda-treat-some-diseases-no/


claimant: Missouri Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Would 2.5 million Missourians lose health coverage if anti-ACA lawsuit succeeds?
review_date: 2018-07-26T20:50:08Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If a lawsuit backed by Josh Hawley succeeds, "nearly 2.5 million Missourians with pre-existing conditions could lose their health care coverage."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/26/missouri-democratic-party/would-25-million-missourians-lose-health-coverage-/


text: Increases in respiratory syncytial virus in children are linked to the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 vaccination is not causing RSV in children
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/21/instagram-posts/no-covid-19-vaccination-not-causing-rsv-children/


text: On disbanding the Wisconsin Election Commission
claimant: Tim Michels
claim_date: 2022-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: GOP gubernatorial candidate Michels changes course on Wisconsin Elections Commission
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/08/tim-michels/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-michels-changes-course/


claimant: Steve Israel
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Does US really spend research dollars on massages for rabbits but not gun violence?
review_date: 2017-10-05T17:40:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/05/steve-israel/former-democratic-congressman-compares-gun-violenc/


claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2017-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Cotton: It's 'unusual' for White House officials like Susan Rice to make unmasking requests
review_date: 2017-04-06T19:39:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/06/tom-cotton/tom-cotton-its-unusual-white-house-officials-susan/


text: New York state subsidizes private colleges "probably more than any other state except maybe one."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: New York gives more aid for private college students than almost any other state
review_date: 2017-02-16T22:31:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/16/andrew-cuomo/new-york-gives-more-aid-private-college-students-a/


text: Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit."
claimant: Steve Chabot
claim_date: 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Despite Steve Chabot's claim, Aftab Pureval didn't have a deficit
review_date: 2018-09-13T15:25:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/13/steve-chabot/despite-steve-chabots-claim-aftab-pureval-didnt-ha/


text: “There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.”
claimant: 10 Republican Louisiana lawmakers
claim_date: 2021-09-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/07/10-louisiana-lawmakers/whats-name-louisiana-lawmakers-wrongly-say-name-ch/

title:
What’s in a name? Louisiana lawmakers wrongly say name change scuttles FDA COVID-19 vaccine approval


text: Says President Barack Obama was "furious" that he was caught on camera holding a pro-Muslim book.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Post on Obama being furious about photo of him holding a ‘pro-Muslim’ book is way off
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/08/facebook-posts/post-obama-being-furious-about-photo-him-holding-p/


text: "Breitbart leaks names of four Dems being charged in Mueller’s Russia probe."
claimant: FreedomJunkshun.com
claim_date: 2017-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news post says Mueller indicted 4 Democrats in Russia investigation
review_date: 2017-10-31T19:39:53Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/31/freedomjunkshuncom/fake-news-post-says-breitbart-named-4-democrats-in/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did Donald Trump turn around U.S. record at the WTO?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/16/donald-trump/did-donald-trump-turn-around-us-record-wto/


text: "Sarah Palin in a coma after hit and run."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Reports that Sarah Palin in coma after hit and run accident are fake
review_date: 2017-05-01T21:11:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/01/blog-posting/reports-sarah-palin-coma-after-hit-and-run-acciden/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden’s comments don’t prove governments are orchestrating food shortages
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden’s comments prove that food shortages are being “done deliberately by the governments of the world.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/18/viral-image/no-bidens-comments-dont-prove-governments-are-orch/


text: "A witness will testify against Hillary Clinton."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: Internet post misleads by saying witness will testify specifically against Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2017-08-03T15:10:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/blog-posting/internet-post-misleads-saying-witness-will-testify/


text: "House Dems introduce bill to remove citizenship requirement from presidency."
claimant: Americannews88.com
claim_date: 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: House Democrats did not introduce bill to remove citizenship requirement for U.S. presidency
review_date: 2017-09-20T15:23:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/20/blog-posting/house-democrats-did-not-introduce-bill-remove-citi/


text: “We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined.”
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2018-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says US military spending is bigger than the next 12 nations combined
review_date: 2018-04-24T18:22:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/24/bernie-sanders/sanders-says-us-military-spending-bigger-next-12-n/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Beware of rumors of robbers posing as COVID testers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you are in Las Vegas and you get a knock on your door from NV Power, 2020 Census or CVD-19 testers, do not open your door. They are robbing people at gunpoint."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/25/facebook-posts/beware-rumors-robbers-posing-covid-testers/


text: Bill de Blasio is "banning hot dog sales to stop climate change."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, NYC isn’t banning the sale of hot dogs to stop climate change
review_date: 2019-05-07T16:03:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/07/viral-image/no-nyc-isnt-banning-sale-hot-dogs-stop-climate-cha/


text: Selene Delgado Lopez is “everyone’s friend in Facebook.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Selene Delgado Lopez isn’t everyone’s Facebook friend
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/16/viral-image/no-selene-delgado-lopez-isnt-everyones-facebook-fr/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-02-06T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2019-02-15T20:36:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Chinese workers made "90,000 banners" for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and the president chose to hire "Chinese workers instead of American workers"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/15/viral-image/yes-trump-re-election-banners-are-being-made-china/

title:
Yes, Trump re-election banners are being made in China, but it doesn't appear his campaign is paying


claimant: Evan Jenkins
claim_date: 2018-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: How much have Republicans cut EPA budget, staff in two years?
review_date: 2018-04-26T16:07:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/26/evan-jenkins/how-much-have-republicans-cut-epa-budget-staff-two/


text: Says Donald Trump "won more counties than any candidate on our side since Ronald Reagan."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan
review_date: 2016-12-05T20:57:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-donald-trump-won-most-counties-rep/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/05/no-proof-prescription-drugs-fuel-mass-shootings/
title: No proof prescription drugs fuel mass shootings
review_date: 2019-08-06T02:45:51Z
textual_rating: No proof drugs fuel shootings
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"All of these mass shooters were on psychotropic drugs but I don’t hear anyone calling for stronger prescription control."


text: Photo shows “huge charter busses” Black Lives Matter bought “to transport members to riots.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: These buses are for the Toronto Raptors, not BLM
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/29/viral-image/these-buses-are-toronto-raptors-not-blm/


text: Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven."
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Businesses associated with these GOP politicians had pandemic loan program borrowings forgiven
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/30/instagram-posts/businesses-associated-these-gop-politicians-had-pa/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Pa. send more Black troops to fight for the Union during the Civil War than any other state?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/joe-biden/did-pa-send-more-black-troops-fight-union-during-c/


text: Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, a recent study didn’t find that there was “no asymptomatic” spread of COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/28/facebook-posts/no-recent-study-didnt-find-no-asymptomatic-spread-/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton overstates impact of New START on Russia's nuclear arsenal
review_date: 2016-09-21T19:41:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, was a "treaty cutting Russia’s nuclear arms."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/21/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-overstates-impact-new-start-russia/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2017-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Sessions cites study on sanctuary cities, researchers say he misrepresented it
review_date: 2017-07-24T14:48:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"According to a recent study from the University of California Riverside, (sanctuary) cities with these policies have more violent crime on average than those that don’t."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/24/jeff-sessions/jeff-sessions-mischaracterizes-study-sanctuary-cit/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/sep/21/un-speech-joe-biden-calls-collective-action-climat/
title: In UN speech, Joe Biden calls for collective action on climate, COVID-19
review_date: 2021-09-21T21:12:51Z
textual_rating: Numbers in ballpark
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Already the United States has put more than $15 billion toward global COVID response. We’ve shipped more than 160 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to other countries."


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Biden didn’t tweet this, or wear an earpiece during the debate
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden tweeted, “I have consulted with Instagram’s CEO to take the page @electionleaks down. They have supposedly ‘video proof’ of me using a hidden earpiece in tonight’s debate. This is slander, and not true.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/05/instagram-posts/biden-didnt-tweet-or-wear-earpiece-during-debate/


text: “President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”
claimant: Tom Fitton
claim_date: 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, former President Donald Trump is not ‘officially a political prisoner’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/06/tom-fitton/no-former-president-donald-trump-is-not-officially/


text: "Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence."
claimant: Ilhan Omar
claim_date: 2019-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Ilhan Omar's claim is high: There aren't 500 gun deaths per day in the US, it's closer to 100
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/12/ilhan-omar/rep-ilhan-omars-claim-high-there-arent-500-gun-dea/


text: The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is wrong about pregnancy, abortion timeline
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/09/greg-abbott/texas-gov-abbott-wrong-about-pregnancy-abortion-ti/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's misleading claim about the release of 'dangerous terrorists'
review_date: 2018-01-31T05:39:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield — including the ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-misleading-claim-about/


text: AARP backed "federal funding for Planned Parenthood."
claimant: Association of Mature American Citizens
claim_date: 2019-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Online ads claiming AARP backed federal funding for Planned Parenthood are wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/22/association-mature-american-citizens/online-ads-claiming-aarp-backed-federal-funding-pl/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2021-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, high tech refrigerators at Walgreens aren’t scanning for ‘the mark of the beast’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video claims Walgreens refrigerators are scanning shoppers’ hands and foreheads for “the mark of the beast,” and that “if you don’t have the mark later on, you won’t be able to buy.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/11/facebook-posts/no-high-tech-refrigerators-walgreens-arent-scannin/


text: An image shows Rep. Elise Stefanik flipping off the camera at the impeachment proceedings
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rep. Stefanik didn’t flip off camera at impeachment hearing. It’s photoshopped
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/22/viral-image/no-rep-stefanik-didnt-flip-camera-impeachment-hear/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2018-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Rubio's tweet about NY gun law is accurate
review_date: 2018-02-28T21:57:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/28/marco-rubio/rubios-tweet-about-ny-gun-laws-accurate/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/20/joe-bidens-inauguration-extraordinary-times-fact-c/
title: Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked
review_date: 2021-01-20T21:41:20Z
textual_rating: Virus now only trails Civil War in deaths
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A once-in-a-century virus, it silently stalks the country. It’s taken as many lives in one year as America lost in all of World War II."


text: “The United States has a low voter turnout rate.”
claimant: Mamie Locke
claim_date: 2016-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Mamie Locke says U.S. has a low voter turnout rate
review_date: 2016-05-17T17:31:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/16/mamie-locke/mamie-locke-says-us-has-low-voter-turnout-rate/


text: Witnesses have been part of "every other impeachment trial the Senate has ever had."
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2020-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, every past impeachment trial included witnesses. Baldwin hits mark with Trump-related claim
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/tammy-baldwin/Trump-every-other-senate-impeachment-had-witnesses/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Trump gives half the story on trade deals, the Clintons and factory jobs
review_date: 2016-07-22T03:40:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"America has lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/22/donald-trump/trump-gives-half-story-trade-deals-clintons-and-fa/


text: Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden wrong to say Donald Trump has called for carpet bombing
review_date: 2016-08-02T20:07:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/02/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrong-say-donald-trump-has-called-carpet/


claimant: David Hogg
claim_date: 2018-03-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/mar/24/fact-checking-march-our-lives/
title: Fact-checking the March For Our Lives
review_date: 2018-03-24T19:48:34Z
textual_rating: Includes outside spending
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'm going to start off by putting this price tag right here as a reminder for you guys to know how much Marco Rubio took for every student's life in Florida. $1.05."


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2018-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: TRUE: California ranks 49th in per capita housing supply
review_date: 2018-03-21T20:47:52Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/21/gavin-newsom/true-california-ranks-49th-capita-housing-supply/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, sex traffickers aren’t using zip ties to mark victims or abduct women
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a zip tie attached a car is a sex trafficking tactic to mark women as a target and abduct them.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/15/facebook-posts/no-sex-traffickers-arent-using-zip-ties-mark-victi/


text: “Republicans have no way to communicate” after tech companies cut off Parler.
claimant: Devin Nunes
claim_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Nunes falsely claims ‘Republicans have “no way to communicate” without Parler
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/13/devin-nunes/nunes-falsely-claims-republicans-have-no-way-commu/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence offers misleading statistic on employment peak in Indiana
review_date: 2016-07-14T22:18:34Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/14/mike-pence/mike-pence-offers-misleading-statistic-employment-/


text: “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says DOJ is trying to criminalize asking questions. That’s not what indictment says.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/09/donald-trump/trump-says-doj-is-trying-to-criminalize-asking-que/


text: "U.S. Steel just announced that they are building six new steel mills."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, U.S. Steel is not opening six new mills as Donald Trump said
review_date: 2018-08-02T17:48:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/02/donald-trump/us-steel-not-opening-six-new-mills-donald-trump/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's false claim about the cost of illegal immigration
review_date: 2018-12-05T19:20:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the United States loses "250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/05/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-about-cost-illegal-immig/


text: "The Nevada Gaming Commission did not find Trump ‘trustworthy’ enough for a gaming license."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Nevada Gaming Commission said Donald Trump wasn’t trustworthy enough for gaming license
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/09/viral-image/no-evidence-nevada-gaming-commission-said-donald-t/


claimant: Richard Hudson
claim_date: 2023-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Hudson inflates Biden's role in oil prices
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/30/richard-hudson/hudson-inflates-bidens-role-oil-prices/


claimant: Karen Handel
claim_date: 2017-06-06T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-06-07T02:45:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/07/karen-handel/Handel-pushes-details-Iran-deal-terror-support/

title:
Fact-check: Handel claims Obama flew $2 billion to Iran, admitted it is being used to fund terrorism


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis’ misleading claim about crime, police funding
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/04/ron-desantis/ron-desantis-misleading-claim-about-crime-police-f/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2015-12-19T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-04-18T18:20:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States spends "almost three times per capita what they spend in the U.K." on health care and "50 percent more than they pay in France."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/dec/20/bernie-s/fact-checking-bernie-sanders-claim-us-spends-three/

title:
Fact-checking Sanders' claim that U.S. spends 3 times per capita what the U.K. spends on health care


text: Video shows Congress voting for a highly classified “Homeland Terrorism Preparedness Bill.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Did Congress just warn of a zombie attack? No, that video is fake, and satirical
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/17/viral-image/did-congress-just-warn-zombie-attack-no-video-fake/


text: “58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Trump tweets that 58,000 noncitizens voted in Texas. That hasn't been proven
review_date: 2019-01-28T23:06:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/28/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-tweets-58000-noncitizens-voted-texas/


claimant: Mark Walker
claim_date: 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Mark Walker's video on HR 1’s campaign-finance provisions
review_date: 2019-03-26T19:17:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/26/mark-walker/fact-checking-mark-walker-hr-1s-campaign-finance-p/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: This 95-item list doesn’t prove there are ongoing plans to create food shortages
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/15/facebook-posts/95-item-list-doesnt-prove-there-are-ongoing-plans-/


claimant: Elaine Phillips
claim_date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, New York has more corrupt officials than any other state
review_date: 2016-09-19T19:19:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the past decade in New York State "more than 30 current and former state officeholders have been convicted, sanctioned or accused of wrongdoing — more than any other state."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/19/elaine-phillips/new-york-has-been-most-corrupt-state-decades/


text: Says Troy Nehls “called wearing masks 'un-American' and called those who do 'communists.'"
claimant: Sri Preston Kulkarni
claim_date: 2020-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: In Texas House race, Kulkarni distorts Nehls’ take on mask mandate and communists
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/sri-preston-kulkarni/texas-house-race-kulkarni-distorts-nehls-take-mask/


text: "If you're a terrorist you can't fly," but "an assault weapon you can buy."
claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-07-01T15:49:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/01/gwen-moore/poem-rep-gwen-moore-says-terrorists-can-be-banned-/

title:
In a poem, U.S.Rep. Gwen Moore says terrorists can be banned from flying but can buy assault weapons


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: 200 confirmed so far
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"By the end of my first term, we will have approved more than 300 federal judges, including two great new Supreme Court justices."


claimant: Antonio Villaraigosa
claim_date: 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Has Gavin Newsom ‘flip-flopped’ on California’s high-speed rail?
review_date: 2017-09-30T01:26:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/29/antonio-villaraigosa/has-gavin-newsom-flip-flopped-californias-high-spe/


text: “As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
claimant: Bill O'Reilly
claim_date: 2022-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Bill O’Reilly’s misleading statement on Biden and fossil-fuel subsidies
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/17/bill-oreilly/bill-oreillys-misleading-statement-biden-and-fossi/


text: The U.S. chicken and egg shortage is linked to Bill Gates.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: The Bill Gates egg shortage conspiracy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/instagram-posts/the-bill-gates-egg-shortage-conspiracy-isnt-all-it/


text: Says Biden supports a school choice ban that would impact 74,000 Wisconsin students.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden can't ban school choice vouchers in Wisconsin
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/facebook-posts/no-joe-biden-cant-ban-school-choice-vouchers-wisco/


text: There were “600,000 plus unlawful votes in Philly and Pitt.”
claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2020-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Giuliani’s false claim of more than 600,000 unlawful votes in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/13/rudy-giuliani/giulianis-false-claim-more-600000-unlawful-votes-p/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich revises claim on balanced budgets, improves Truth-O-Meter rating
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:11:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We balanced the budget with the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, and ultimately had four consecutive balanced budgets."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/27/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-revises-claim-balanced-budgets-impro/


text: Gold fringe on an American flag means “the Constitution is suspended.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Gold fringe on the US flag means the Constitution is suspended? That’s a fringe theory
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/26/instagram-posts/gold-fringe-on-the-us-flag-means-the-constitution/


claimant: Steve Scalise
claim_date: 2021-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Has $1 trillion in COVID-19 relief gone unspent?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous (coronavirus) relief bills ... still sitting in a bank account.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/23/steve-scalise/has-1-trillion-covid-19-relief-gone-unspent/


text: “President Biden says he wants to ban handguns.”
claimant: House Republicans
claim_date: 2021-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden doesn’t want to ban handguns
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/22/national-house-republicans/no-joe-biden-doesnt-want-ban-handguns/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Ellis Island award was not for work ‘within the black community’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/19/facebook-posts/trumps-ellis-island-award-was-not-work-within-blac/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2018-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did Brett Kavanaugh call birth control abortion-inducing drugs? No
review_date: 2018-09-10T21:52:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/10/kamala-harris/brett-kavanaugh-birth-control-abortion-inducing/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2017-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Haley wrongly says Congress had no input on Iran nuclear deal
review_date: 2017-10-19T16:19:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And I think that his engagement with Congress is something that never happened under President Obama. They were never allowed to debate it. They were never allowed to discuss it. So, now Congress is going to be fully engaged on the threats of Iran."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/19/nikki-haley/haley-wrongly-says-congress-had-no-input-iran-nucl/


text: A video shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy singing “Imagine” by John Lennon.
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2022-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Does video show Zelenskyy singing ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon? No, it’s a Florida band’s lead singer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/28/youtube-videos/does-video-show-zelenskyy-singing-imagine-john-len/


claimant: Alex Berenson
claim_date: 2021-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Alex Berenson misrepresents data on death rates by vaccination status in England
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Vaccinated people under 60 in England “are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age. ... I don’t know how to explain this other than vaccine-caused mortality.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/30/alex-berenson/alex-berenson-misrepresents-data-death-rates-vacci/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, millions of families spend the bulk of income on housing
review_date: 2019-05-03T13:38:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You've got millions of families paying 40, 50, 60% of their limited incomes to put a roof over their heads."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/02/bernie-sanders/yes-millions-families-spend-bulk-income-housing/


text: More mail-in ballots were counted in Lancaster County, Pa., than were returned.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, more mail-in ballots weren’t counted in a Pennsylvania county than were cast
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/viral-image/no-more-mail-ballots-werent-counted-pennsylvania-c/


text: “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk
claimant: Tweet
claim_date: 2023-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Truck driver who defaced a Florida pride crosswalk was not ultimately charged with a hate crime
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/07/tweets/truck-driver-who-defaced-florida-pride-crosswalk-w/


claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Cuomo accurately says that other countries that reopened saw an increase in coronavirus infections
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/20/andrew-cuomo/cuomo-accurately-says-other-countries-reopened-saw/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: No truth that VAERS system shows 6,000 “died because of” COVID-19 vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/09/tiktok-posts/no-truth-vaers-system-shows-6000-died-because-covi/


text: Students today "take more years to get through" college.
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says students today 'take more years to get through' college
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:10:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/30/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-students-today-take-more-years-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: No proof for Trump’s claim of surge in trafficking, drugs at border under Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Human trafficking and drugs” at the Mexico border have “doubled, tripled and quadrupled” since Joe Biden became president.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/donald-trump/no-proof-trumps-claim-surge-trafficking-drugs-bord/


text: “Chick-fil-A now open Sunday (Blacks only).”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Chick-fil-A isn’t opening its restaurants on Sundays just for Black people
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/26/viral-image/no-chick-fil-isnt-just-opening-its-restaurants-sun/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No need to hide the trowels and topsoil. USDA has no mandatory garden registry.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires anyone with a garden to “register that with the government.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/instagram-posts/no-need-to-hide-the-trowels-and-topsoil-usda-has-n/


claimant: Chaz Beasley
claim_date: 2018-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: 3 months, 3 special sessions. Do they really cost NC an extra $50,000 every day?
review_date: 2018-10-23T20:34:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
For perspective, Special Session costs you $50k, every single day. That’s roughly the average teacher’s salary in NC.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/chaz-beasley/dems-claim-session-costs-much-teacher/


claimant: Steve Deace
claim_date: 2021-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Sweden’s low COVID-19 death tally in July ignores other markers of pandemic’s toll
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/06/steve-deace/swedens-low-covid-19-death-tally-july-ignores-othe/


text: “Donald Trump arrested” July 5.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Former President Donald Trump wasn’t arrested in July
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/14/instagram-posts/former-president-donald-trump-wasnt-arrested-in-ju/


text: Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Electrically charged stones found in Congo? Science says it’s not possible
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/26/instagram-posts/electrically-charged-stones-found-in-congo-science/


text: Pfizer confirmed stiff-person syndrome is an adverse effect of the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pfizer didn’t say stiff-person syndrome is an adverse effect of COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/15/instagram-posts/pfizer-didnt-say-covid-vaccine-causes-stiff-person/


text: J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement."
claimant: Tim Ryan
claim_date: 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio’s JD Vance wants to defund a federal law enforcement agency, but not all police departments
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/30/tim-ryan/ohios-jd-vance-wants-defund-federal-law-enforcemen/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Posts about Virginia voters being forced to sign forms at polls distort state election protocols
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Virginia voters are being turned away from polling locations because they were told they already requested absentee ballots when they haven’t.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/29/facebook-posts/posts-about-virginia-voters-being-forced-sign-form/


text: "We got to almost universal coverage in health care in Colorado."
claimant: John Hickenlooper
claim_date: 2019-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Hickenlooper expanded Medicaid, created state-run marketplace to insure nearly all Coloradans
review_date: 2019-04-11T14:44:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/11/john-hickenlooper/hickenlooper-expanded-medicaid-created-state-run-m/


text: Mark Kelly "voted to allow prison inmates to receive stimulus checks five separate times."
claimant: Saving Arizona PAC
claim_date: 2022-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly voted for Trump and Biden laws that let prison inmates get stimulus checks
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/20/saving-arizona-pac/mark-kelly-voted-trump-and-biden-laws-let-prison-i/


text: “Vaxxed Delta pilot dies in-flight, emergency landing required.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, a vaccinated Delta pilot didn’t die mid-flight and force an emergency landing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/13/blog-posting/no-vaccinated-delta-pilot-didnt-die-mid-flight-and/


text: Video shows footage of the war in Ukraine.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Digitized images are from a video game; they’re not from Ukraine war footage
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/12/facebook-posts/digitized-images-are-from-a-video-game-theyre-not/


text: Videos show President Donald Trump saying “I can’t breathe.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump saying “I can’t breathe” in video isn’t referring to George Floyd
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/09/facebook-posts/trump-saying-i-cant-breathe-video-isnt-referring-g/


text: Says Donald Trump signed the Insurrection Act and “still is president.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Trump invoked federal Insurrection Act. And he’s not still president.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/04/facebook-posts/no-evidence-trump-invoked-federal-insurrection-act/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a conspiracy theory about 5G and the coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a “5G LAW PASSED while everyone was distracted” with the coronavirus pandemic and lists 20 symptoms associated with 5G exposure.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/facebook-posts/fact-checking-conspiracy-theory-about-5g-and-coron/


claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: On protecting people with pre-existing conditions, Jacobs' claim needs context
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/30/chris-jacobs/pre-existing-conditions-jacobs-claim-needs-context/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-29T00:00:00Z
title: President Obama declared H1N1 a public health emergency before anyone in the United States died
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama “waited six months to call swine flu an emergency after thousands died.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/04/facebook-posts/president-obama-declared-h1n1-public-health-emerge/


text: A video shows Rep. Jim Jordan threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with “‘possible’ jail time.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Jim Jordan threatening Nancy Pelosi with jail
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/16/facebook-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-jim-jordan-threatening-n/


text: "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
claimant: Lincoln Project
claim_date: 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Lincoln Project’s “Mourning in America” ad critical of Trump misleads on bailouts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/lincoln-project/mourning-america-ad-critical-trump-misleads-bailou/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi's home doesn't sit behind a high wall
review_date: 2018-12-13T22:48:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Uses a picture of a mansion to say that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lives surrounded by "a high perimeter wall with gun toting security."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/13/blog-posting/no-nancy-pelosis-home-doesnt-sit-behind-high-wall/


text: "The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2018-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Have other housing authorities in NY been given money like NYCHA?
review_date: 2018-03-23T20:37:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/23/andrew-cuomo/nycha-only-housing-authority-get-money-state-budge/


text: “European royals killing naked children for fun at hunting parties.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Claims about European royals hunting humans are unfounded
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/17/viral-image/claims-about-european-royals-hunting-humans-are-un/


text: “Military arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: The military didn’t arrest FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks, despite online claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/24/facebook-posts/the-military-didnt-arrest-fema-deputy-administrato/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/22/fact-checking-trumps-falsehoods-fox-and-friends-ab/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s falsehoods on Fox & Friends about Ukraine, impeachment and Mueller report
review_date: 2019-11-22T18:57:52Z
textual_rating: Ignores facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I watched Joe Biden with the prosecutor, who a lot of people said was a great prosecutor, and they took him off and he was prosecuting that company."


text: Florida is "the 45th in state education funding."
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Florida ranks at bottom of states on school funding
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/17/facebook-posts/yes-florida-ranks-bottom-states-school-funding/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely accuses Colorado fire marshal of ‘incompetence’ over crowd restrictions
review_date: 2016-08-03T22:17:12Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have a fire marshal that said, 'Oh we can't allow more people’ ... And the reason they won't let them in is because they don't know what the hell they're doing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/03/donald-trump/trump-falsely-accuses-colorado-fire-marshal-incomp/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Much of the U.S. is experiencing drought. That’s not a lie
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/much-us-experiencing-drought-s-not-lie/


text: Says Tony Evers will "raise the gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon."
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Tony Evers is open to raising gas tax, but Scott Walker is the one saying it would be $1 per gallon
review_date: 2018-10-24T23:48:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/scott-walker/tony-evers-open-raising-gas-tax-scott-walker-one-s/


text: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: After close Ohio special election, Trump falsely tweets that Kasich is unpopular
review_date: 2018-08-14T17:18:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/14/donald-trump/after-close-ohio-special-election-trump-falsely-tw/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2013-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Harry Reid doesn’t have a horse thief ancestor named Remus Reid
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has an outlaw horse thief ancestor and Reid’s office offered a spin-job biography about the man.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/09/facebook-posts/no-harry-reid-doesnt-have-horse-thief-ancestor-nam/


text: "Migrants DEMAND $50,000 each to go home, or else …"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Did the migrant caravan demand $50,000 for each member?
review_date: 2018-12-13T21:21:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/13/blog-posting/did-migrant-caravan-demand-united-states-50000-eac/


claimant: Paul Tonko
claim_date: 2023-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking New York Rep. Paul Tonko on the risks of post-incarceration drug overdoses
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/26/paul-tonko/fact-checking-paul-tonko-on-the-risks-of-post-inca/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's Mostly False claim that NFL ratings are 'way down'
review_date: 2017-09-24T21:59:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/24/donald-trump/trumps-mostly-false-claim-nfl-ratings-are-way-down/


text: Before 2020, “crime had been falling, every year, year after year, in the city of Buffalo.”
claimant: Byron Brown
claim_date: 2021-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: In Buffalo, crime has fallen during Brown’s tenure
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/11/byron-brown/buffalo-crime-has-fallen-during-browns-tenure-thou/


text: The Arizona gubernatorial race was a “fraudulent election.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Arizona governor’s election wasn’t ‘fraudulent’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/21/instagram-posts/no-the-arizona-governors-election-wasnt-fraudulent/


text: “$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about his own income
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-his-own-incom/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2017-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Is labeling imitation dairy products milk or cheese or yogurt 'against the law'?
review_date: 2017-01-27T16:30:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Imitation dairy products often differ nutritionally from those they mimic, and labeling them "milk" or "cheese" or "yogurt" is "against the law."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/27/tammy-baldwin/labeling-imitation-dairy-products-milk-or-cheese-o/


text: “We have doubled our (oil) imports from Russia in the last year.”
claimant: Maria Bartiromo
claim_date: 2022-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: The U.S. did not double oil imports from Russia in the last year
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/28/maria-bartiromo/us-did-not-double-oil-imports-russia-last-year/


text: National Guard members turned their backs on Biden’s motorcade on Inauguration Day.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: National Guard didn’t snub Biden’s inaugural motorcade. It was part of security protocol
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/22/instagram-posts/national-guard-didnt-snub-bidens-inaugural-motorca/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jul/28/fact-checking-donald-trumps-ny-speech-law-enforcem/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's Long Island speech to law enforcement
review_date: 2017-07-28T19:18:30Z
textual_rating: Not what he said
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I said from the beginning, let Obamacare implode, and then do it. I turned out to be right. Let Obamacare implode."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, 18 million illegal immigrants did not get a 'government check' this month
review_date: 2019-01-24T20:15:47Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/24/facebook-posts/no-18-million-illegal-immigrants-did-not-get-gover/


text: “As your Lieutenant Governor…I cut your taxes.”
claimant: Rebecca Kleefisch
claim_date: 2022-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Kleefisch didn’t have the power to cut taxes on her own as lieutenant governor
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/13/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-didnt-have-power-cut-taxes-her-own-lieut/


text: Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq.
claimant: Islamic Republic News Agency
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: False image of missile strike on U.S. troops shared by Iran outlet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/09/islamic-republic-news-agency-islamic-republic-news/iranian-news-agency-shares-old-photo-israeli-missi/


text: Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”
claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Nikki Haley's False RNC claim that Biden wants 'massive' tax hikes on working families
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/25/nikki-haley/do-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-want-massive-tax-hi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence of COVID-19 vaccines causing deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/20/facebook-posts/no-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-causing-deaths/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post alleging Obama-era device tax caused current PPE shortage is way off
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama "signed the medical appliance tax bill that forced companies to outsource manufacturing of masks, gowns, gloves and ventilaors [sic] to China, Europe and Russia to avoid the tax.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/01/facebook-posts/viral-post-alleging-obama-era-device-tax-caused-cu/


claimant: Donald J. Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/15/trump-inflates-google-coronavirus-website-mnuchin-/
title: Trump inflates Google coronavirus website, Mnuchin recasts what Trump said on European cargo
review_date: 2020-03-15T22:35:02Z
textual_rating: Greatly oversold
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Google is helping to develop a website, it’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location.”


claimant: Rebuilding America Now
claim_date: 2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Trump super PAC compares Bill Clinton to Cosby in attack on Hillary
review_date: 2016-07-06T18:42:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/06/america-rising-now/pro-trump-super-pac-compares-bill-clinton-cosby-at/


claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2022-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Gateway Pundit distorts unofficial Georgia 2020 results
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2020, “250,000 ballots were manufactured” in Georgia and “Biden was given win” by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/29/gateway-pundit/gateway-pundit-distorts-unofficial-georgia-2020-re/


text: A list shows violent crimes in Los Angeles that “people will be set free on as of today.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post misleads with Los Angeles County list of ‘zero-bail’ policy exceptions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/26/instagram-posts/social-media-post-misleads-with-los-angeles-county/


claimant: Sid Miller
claim_date: 2016-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Sid Miller posts manipulated photo of 'The Rock' wearing a pro-flag T-shirt
review_date: 2016-12-07T20:17:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wore a T-shirt stating: "We Stand for the flag, we kneel for the fallen."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/07/sid-miller/sid-miller-posts-manipulated-photo-the-rock-facebo/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/13/cost-medicare-all-sticker-shock-or-bill-relief/
title: The cost of Medicare for All: Sticker shock or bill relief?
textual_rating: Lacks solid numbers
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Medicare for All will save the average American substantial sums of money on his or her health care bill.


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: Trump gave no details.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"People died, and they’re getting ballots. They’re sending them to dogs. You see that? Dogs got ballots."


text: Brooke Baldwin said, "Don’t hire veterans! They’re too damaged to be trusted with authority."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2015-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Brooke Baldwin didn’t say this about veterans, but she did come under fire for other comments
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/viral-image/brooke-baldwin-didnt-say-about-veterans-she-did-co/


text: Through the Clinton Foundation, "the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million."
claimant: Rebuilding America Now
claim_date: 2016-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Trump super PAC ad misleads on Clintons' wealth, foundation cash link
review_date: 2016-08-07T21:45:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/07/america-rising-now/pro-trump-super-pac-ad-wrong-clinton-wealth/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, George Soros was not arrested in Switzerland in February 2019
review_date: 2019-02-08T21:28:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says George Soros was arrested in Switzerland for a web of crimes based on information provided by Barack Obama

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/08/blog-posting/no-george-soros-has-not-been-arrested-switzerland-/


claimant: Catherine Cortez Masto
claim_date: 2016-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Catherine Cortez Masto largely correct about Joe Heck's votes to defund Planned Parenthood
review_date: 2016-09-07T00:38:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Joe Heck voted 10 times to defund Planned Parenthood ... and Heck opposes a woman's right to choose, even when her health is at risk."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/06/catherine-cortez-masto/catherine-cortez-masto-largely-right-say-opponent-/


text: “Biden flashed the white power sign while a black man was asking him a question.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t flash a white power sign at a Black man during CNN’s town hall in Baltimore
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/22/viral-image/no-biden-didnt-flash-white-power-sign-black-man-du/


text: "Obamacare has failed."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Testing Paul Ryan's damning attack on the Affordable Care Act: 'Obamacare has failed'
review_date: 2017-02-01T16:43:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/01/paul-ryan/paul-ryans-damning-claim-affordable-care-act-obama/


claimant: Anthony Scaramucci
claim_date: 2017-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Is it a felony to leak a financial disclosure form, as Anthony Scaramucci said?
review_date: 2017-07-27T20:31:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/anthony-scaramucci/it-felony-leak-financial-disclosure-form-anthony-s/


text: Police are 20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal.
claimant: Chris Larson
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, police were 20.8 more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal in 2019
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/27/chris-larson/yes-police-were-208-more-likely-kill-be-killed-cri/


claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-12-15T20:34:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/15/gwen-moore/house-tax-plan-permanent-tax-cuts-rich-eventually-/

title:
House tax plan: Permanent tax cuts for the rich, eventually tax hikes for all middle-class families?


text: "Slavery is still allowable under Wisconsin law as long as it’s a punishment for a crime."
claimant: Lena Taylor
claim_date: 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Even if not practiced, is slavery still allowable in Wisconsin as punishment for a crime?
review_date: 2016-11-28T17:32:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/25/lena-taylor/even-if-not-practiced-slavery-still-allowable-wisc/


claimant: Vote No On 2
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Medical marijuana amendment doesn't allow local restrictions, opponents say
review_date: 2016-08-24T17:13:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Because there's no local option to allow communities to ban, limit or restrict the location of pot shops, if Amendment 2 passes you can expect the seedy elements of the pot industry to move in right next door to your neighborhood, your church, your business and even your child's school."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/16/vote-no-2/medical-marijuana-amendment-doesnt-restrict-dispen/


claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/06/ask-politifact-we-answered-reader-questions-about-/
title: 7 questions about the Trump and Ukraine impeachment hearings, answered
textual_rating: Doesn't say which call
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman confessed to giving a wrong account of President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine.


text: "70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2017-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: How many U.S. adults have a criminal record? Depends on how you define it
review_date: 2017-08-18T04:12:11Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/18/andrew-cuomo/yes-one-three-us-adults-have-criminal-record/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/10/donald-trump/trump-early-morning-sex-tape-tweet/
title: Trump's Pants on Fire about his early-morning tweet on Alicia Machado
review_date: 2016-10-10T03:42:53Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a tweet he sent out "wasn’t saying, ‘check out a sex tape.’ It was just ‘take a look at" the background of Alicia Machado.


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Elizabeth Warren conflated votes on assault weapons, background checks
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/elizabeth-warren/sen-elizabeth-warren-conflated-votes-assault-weapo/


claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2020-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: How the Black Lives Matter Global Network is set up
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“According to its website Black Lives Matter, Inc is NOT a charity. It is a full-fledged corporation that does NOT have any locations.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/17/candace-owens/how-black-lives-matter-global-network-set/


text: Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: First Trump, now Biden. Neither said ‘People who have never died before are now dying’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/24/facebook-posts/first-trump-now-biden-neither-said-people-who-have/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: 120 million "deprived" of health care is not correct
review_date: 2016-07-15T14:45:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Democrats propose "a government-controlled health care plan that will deprive roughly 120 million Americans of their current health care coverage."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2009/may/19/mike-pence/120-million-deprived-health-care-not-correct/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that Democrats let a cop-killing immigrant into the country
review_date: 2018-11-01T21:13:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trump "Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/01/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-democrats-let-cop-k/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2018-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: How legal immigrants to U.S. break down by 'chain migration,' diversity-refugees-asylum and work
review_date: 2018-02-02T16:27:25Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/02/ron-johnson/how-legal-immigrants-us-break-down-chain-migration/


text: “Bill Gates told us about the coronavirus in 2015.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Gates warned in 2015 that we were unprepared for an infectious virus
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/25/facebook-posts/bill-gates-warned-2015-we-were-unprepared-infectio/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2020-04-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/marco-rubio/did-china-halt-exports-face-masks-us/
title: Did China halt exports of face masks to US?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”


text: It’s “OK to kill babies once born” in Virginia.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post overreaches by claiming it’s OK to kill newborns in Virginia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/viral-image/facebook-post-overreaches-claiming-its-ok-kill-new/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Mike Pence 'slashed' education spending as Indiana governor
review_date: 2016-07-24T22:15:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says unlike Tim Kaine, who "invested" in education, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "slashed education funding."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/24/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-mike-pence-slashed-education-/


text: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison."
claimant: Drug Policy Alliance
claim_date: 2015-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-pot group says Debbie Wasserman Schultz repeatedly voted to send sick patients to prison
review_date: 2016-05-11T18:48:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/feb/26/drug-policy-alliance/pro-pot-group-says-debbie-wasserman-schultz-repeat/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2015-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Did George W. Bush 'borrow' from Social Security to fund the war in Iraq and tax cuts?
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:44:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/03/facebook-posts/did-george-w-bush-borrow-social-security-fund-war-/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/19/fact-checking-second-night-2016-republican-nationa/
title: Fact-checking the second night of the 2016 Republican National Convention
review_date: 2016-07-20T02:39:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: In RNC speech, Chris Christie says Clinton called Assad a 'reformer,' a 'different kind of leader'
review_date: 2016-07-20T02:39:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/20/chris-christie/gov-chris-christie-clintons-reformer-quote/


claimant: Tammy Duckworth
claim_date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Duckworth stretches Super PAC claim against Kirk
review_date: 2016-10-14T16:53:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Republican Mark Kirk is outsourcing his campaign to a Super PAC funded almost exclusively by a bunch of hedge fund billionaires. ... I don’t have a Super PAC."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/28/tammy-duckworth/duckworth-uses-super-pac-claim-against-kirk/


claimant: Bill Nelson
claim_date: 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/oct/02/fact-checking-first-florida-senate-debate-between-/
title: Nelson, Scott fact-checked each other in their first Florida Senate debate. We fact-checked them
review_date: 2018-10-03T16:45:00Z
textual_rating: Scott flipped on Medicaid
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
800,000 Floridians do not have health insurance as a result of Gov. Rick Scott "not promoting and pushing in the Legislature the expansion of Medicaid."


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2015-11-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2015/nov/20/no-proof-tweets-about-paris-attacks-came-missouri-/
title: No proof tweets about Paris attacks came from Missouri student protesters
review_date: 2017-10-02T20:49:32Z
textual_rating: Not Missouri students
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Mizzou campus activists" are angry that so much attention was being paid to the attacks in Paris, not the incidents in Missouri.


text: On whether NATO is "obsolete."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump changes NATO position: 'It's no longer obsolete'
review_date: 2017-04-12T21:44:03Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/12/donald-trump/donald-trump-nato-i-said-it-was-obsolete-its-no-lo/


text: “Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.”
claimant: Rebecca Kleefisch
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Michels personally pushed for gas tax increase, despite ties to groups that did
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/05/rebecca-kleefisch/no-evidence-michels-personally-pushed-gas-tax-incr/


text: Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: These on-air medical emergencies were not caused by COVID-19 vaccines, as video suggests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/instagram-posts/various-on-air-medical-emergencies-were-not-caused/


text: Says Ron Johnson referred to "The Lego Movie" as an "insidious anti-business conspiracy."
claimant: Russ Feingold
claim_date: 2016-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Did Ron Johnson call “The Lego Movie” an anti-business conspiracy?
review_date: 2016-06-24T18:28:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/24/russ-feingold/did-ron-johnson-call-lego-movie-anti-business-cons/


claimant: Kathy Hochul
claim_date: 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: New York a leader in vaccines for young people among large states
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/11/kathy-hochul/new-york-leader-vaccines-young-people-among-large-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly blames ‘hospitalized’ senator for GOP health care collapse
review_date: 2017-09-28T16:22:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-blames-hospitalized-senator-g/


text: “Trump revokes Barack Obama’s security clearance.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t revoke Obama’s security clearance
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/11/blog-posting/no-trump-didnt-revoke-obamas-security-clearance/


claimant: Rick Kriseman
claim_date: 2017-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did south St. Petersburg's poverty rate fall as fast as Rick Kriseman said? Evidence thin
review_date: 2017-06-27T19:03:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We are seeing poverty being reduced in south St. Pete at a number larger than the national average, the state average, county or Tampa and Jacksonville."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/27/rick-kriseman/krisemans-claim-about-poverty-south-st-petersburg-/


claimant: religionmind.com
claim_date: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: girls in Saudi Arabia will be beheaded for dancing with boys
review_date: 2017-11-29T16:49:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Saudi Arabia to Behead 6 School Girls for Being With Their Male Friends Without Parents or a Guardian"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/29/religionmindcom/fake-news-girls-saudi-arabia-will-be-beheaded-danc/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Photographer with man arrested in Capitol siege was not working for CNN or NPR
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“CNN-NPR photojournalist Jade Sacker was embedded with antifa leader" during the U.S. Capitol attack.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/18/facebook-posts/photographer-man-arrested-capitol-siege-was-not-wo/


text: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said he will not “take a PCR COVID test.”
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading video implies Anthony Fauci doesn’t support COVID-19 testing
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/15/instagram-posts/misleading-video-implies-anthony-fauci-doesnt-supp/


text: Video shows Hillary Clinton dressed as a space cult leader in a satanic ritual.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Video of Hillary Clinton at party mischaracterized online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/09/instagram-posts/video-hillary-clinton-party-mischaracterized-onlin/


text: "Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."
claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: How true is Gov. Rauner's property tax claim?
review_date: 2017-04-20T20:39:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/20/bruce-rauner/how-true-gov-rauners-property-tax-claim/


claimant: Alex Jones
claim_date: 2017-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Infowars' Alex Jones falsely says George Soros, Hillary Clinton instigated Charlottesville violence
review_date: 2017-08-14T17:12:21Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Emails show Democrats, Hillary Clinton and George Soros instigated and orchestrated racial protests in Charlottesville by trying to "control" and keep people "desperate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/alex-jones/infowars-alex-jones-falsely-says-george-soros-hill/


claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2017-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Rand Paul said repealing 3 regulations saves millions of dollars, thousands of jobs
review_date: 2017-03-02T22:41:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/02/rand-paul/rand-paul-says-repealing-3-regulations-saved-milli/


claimant: Zephyr Teachout
claim_date: 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Faso was paid for his work on pipeline project
review_date: 2016-07-18T13:19:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"John Faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/18/zephyr-teachout/adding-context-zephyr-teachouts-claim-john-fasos-w/


claimant: American Israel Public Affairs Committee
claim_date: 2017-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Gillibrand still opposes boycott of Israel despite flip-flop
review_date: 2017-09-08T20:34:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "no longer supports the fight to combat the international delegitimization of Israel."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/08/american-israel-public-affairs-committee/gillibrand-still-opposes-boycott-israel-despite-fl/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/22/fact-checking-nine-things-trump-overstated-got-wro/
title: Fact-checking 9 things Trump overstated, got wrong in his Cedar Rapids speech
review_date: 2017-06-22T20:28:47Z
textual_rating: Insurers not gone yet
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I was just told by your great governor and ex-governor that your insurance companies have all fled the state of Iowa.”


text: "Florida Governor Rick Scott now listed as ‘critical’ after bizarre hurricane cleanup accident."
claimant: Last Line of Defense
claim_date: 2017-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Claim Florida Gov. Rick Scott injured in Irma recovery is fake
review_date: 2017-09-11T19:42:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/11/thelastlineofdefenseorg/claim-florida-gov-rick-scott-injured-irma-recovery/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Nikki Haley didn't 'white-wash' her name. She's gone by her middle name her whole life
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Nikki Haley “white-washed” her name because she thought it “would give her a better chance than the name Nimrata Randhawa.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/06/viral-image/nikki-haley-has-gone-her-middle-name-her-whole-lif/


text: "There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence says there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before
review_date: 2016-07-21T03:36:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-there-are-more-hoosiers-going-work/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton didn’t discard millions of mail ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was “caught on tape saying he discarded 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Texas.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/06/tiktok-posts/impeached-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-didnt/


claimant: Eva Longoria Bastón
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/18/fact-checking-night-one-2020-dnc/
title: Fact-checking night one of the 2020 DNC
review_date: 2020-08-18T05:26:20Z
textual_rating: Largely correct
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Vice President Biden and President Obama assembled a pandemic playbook to make sure that America was prepared and protected. The Trump administration disbanded the pandemic response team that was given to them.”


claimant: Eva Longoria Bastón
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention
review_date: 2020-08-19T19:26:21Z
textual_rating: In dispute
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
“Vice President Biden and President Obama assembled a pandemic playbook to make sure that America was prepared and protected. The Trump administration disbanded the pandemic response team that was given to them.”

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/17/fact-checking-first-night-democratic-national-convention/


text: "Florida Moves For FULL RECOUNT Of State Over Massive Voter Fraud"
claimant: Bipartisan Report
claim_date: 2016-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Website falsely claims Florida called for recount over voter fraud
review_date: 2016-12-15T21:38:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/15/bipartisan-report/florida-calls-recount-over-voter-fraud-website-say/


text: "I was the deciding vote on abolishing the death penalty in the state of Illinois."
claimant: Susana Mendoza
claim_date: 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Did Mendoza cast the deciding vote to abolish Illinois’ death penalty? Not really.
review_date: 2018-11-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/25/susana-mendoza/did-mendoza-cast-deciding-vote-abolish-illinois-de/


text: "Evidence is mounting that marijuana legalization reduces opioid addiction numbers."
claimant: Nathan McMurray
claim_date: 2018-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: McMurray advocates for marijuana legalization
review_date: 2018-09-06T21:58:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/31/nathan-mcmurray/mcmurray-advocates-marijuana-legalization/


text: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ted Cruz didn’t tweet he’d believe in climate change when Texas freezes over
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/viral-image/no-ted-cruz-didnt-tweet-hed-believe-climate-change/


text: Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Biden wrong on claim about gun manufacturers and liability protections
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/08/joe-biden/biden-wrong-claim-about-gun-manufacturers-and-liab/


text: “Video shows U.S. Capitol Police gave protesters OK to enter.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Clip of Capitol police speaking with rioters doesn’t prove mob was given OK to enter building
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/18/facebook-posts/clip-capitol-police-speaking-rioters-doesnt-prove-/


text: The mothers of Major League Soccer players “file complaint against Leo Messi.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Soccer star Lionel Messi has shined in Miami; other players’ moms aren’t complaining
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/30/facebook-posts/soccer-star-lionel-messi-has-shined-in-miami-other/


text: Says Biden's Rolex belonged to his late son Beau.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden’s Rolex didn’t belong to his late son Beau
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/facebook-posts/no-bidens-rolex-didnt-belong-his-late-son-beau/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-29T00:00:00Z
title: Many more criminal indictments under Trump, Reagan and Nixon than under Obama, Clinton and Carter
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
There have been 317 criminal indictments under three recent Republican presidents and only three indictments under three recent Democratic presidents.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/09/facebook-posts/many-more-criminal-indictments-under-trump-reagan-/


text: Says that CAIR was founded after 9/11.
claimant: Ilhan Omar
claim_date: 2019-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Ilhan Omar misstates the facts about CAIR's founding
review_date: 2019-04-15T15:26:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/15/ilhan-omar/ilhan-omar-misstates-facts-about-cairs-founding/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2019-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton on the hot seat with claim that thousands were turned away from the polls in Wisconsin
review_date: 2019-03-07T14:58:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/06/hillary-clinton/clinton-hot-seat-claim-thousands-were-turned-away-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Albert Einstein did not say technology would create a 'generation of idiots'
review_date: 2019-03-22T16:10:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/22/facebook-posts/no-albert-einstein-did-not-say-technology-would-cr/


text: "Rubio: ‘Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they’re planning abortion.’ "
claimant: USPOLN.com
claim_date: 2017-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Blogs fabricate Marco Rubio quote about putting rape victims in jail for considering abortion
review_date: 2017-06-01T13:42:22Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/01/uspoln/blogs-fabricate-marco-rubio-quote-about-putting-ra/


text: A Fox News affiliate reported on a shooting before it happened.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, an El Paso Fox News affiliate didn’t report on a shooting before it happened
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/12/viral-image/no-el-paso-fox-news-affiliate-didnt-report-shootin/


claimant: Raphael Warnock
claim_date: 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Warnock’s statement that a drop in oil prices doesn’t cause major drop in gas prices
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/20/raphael-warnock/fact-checking-warnocks-statement-drop-oil-prices-d/


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2016-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Do 17 picks for Donald Trump's Cabinet have a higher net worth than one-third of Americans?
review_date: 2016-12-30T19:31:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump's first 17 Cabinet appointments "have a net worth of more than a third of America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/30/mark-pocan/do-17-picks-donald-trumps-cabinet-have-higher-net-/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Did the Wall Street Journal run two different headlines on the same day to influence voters?
review_date: 2019-03-26T15:19:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/26/viral-image/did-wall-street-journal-run-two-different-headline/


claimant: Jim Banks
claim_date: 2021-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Indiana congressman signed letter as top Republican on Jan. 6 committee. He’s not on the committee
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he is the ‘ranking member’ of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/


text: Under Hillary Clinton’s plan "illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton wants to let criminal undocumented immigrants stay in U.S.
review_date: 2016-08-22T21:17:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/22/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-wants-let-crimin/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image of Trump supposedly going 'ballistic' on Fox is photoshopped
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Trump told Fox News "the Democrats can subpoena me and my administration for the next 10, 15, 20 years and we will never capitulate. They need to face the fact that I am in charge, this is my country and I will do as I please, they have no control over me. The people support me and will always support me."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/20/viral-image/photoshopped-fox-news-broadcast-screenshot-trump-i/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: New law lets you remove old debts from your record after only two years? Sorry, no
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A new law allows people to permanently erase unpaid debt older than two years from their credit records.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/01/tiktok-posts/new-law-lets-you-remove-old-debts-from-your-record/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, trafficked children, dead bodies were not removed from ship that blocked the Suez Canal
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Navy SEALs found over 1,000 trafficked children and dead bodies on the Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez Canal.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/05/blog-posting/no-trafficked-children-dead-bodies-were-not-remove/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Domino’s isn’t giving away coupons for two large pizzas if you share this post
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Domino’s Pizza is giving each person who shares a Facebook post "a coupon valid for 2 large pizzas."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/22/facebook-posts/no-dominos-isnt-giving-away-coupons-two-large-pizz/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Courts did review Trump campaign ‘evidence’ of election fraud. Claims that say otherwise are wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“It’s not that there is no evidence the election was stolen, but that no court had the guts to HEAR the evidence. They dismissed the cases, NOT the evidence.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/instagram-posts/trump-campaigns-evidence-of-fraud-was-reviewed-bef/


text: President Trump greenlighted Congress to ramp up Clinton investigation.
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fake story about President Trump greenlighting Congress to ramp up Clinton investigation
review_date: 2017-05-31T14:56:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/31/blog-posting/fake-story-about-president-trump-greenlighting-con/


claimant: The Partnership for Safe Medicines
claim_date: 2019-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: TV ad misleads on Florida plan to import drugs from Canada
review_date: 2019-04-25T21:13:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/25/partnership-safe-medicines/tv-ad-misleads-florida-plan-import-drugs-canada/


text: Video shows Ukrainian air defenses in Sievierodonetsk shooting down “55 Ka 52 helicopters.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Clip shows video game, not Ukrainian victory in Sievierodonetsk
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/viral-image/clip-shows-video-game-not-ukrainian-victory-sievie/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post invents false Warren quote on immigration and Tibbetts murder
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Elizabeth Warren, asked about the Mollie Tibbetts murder, said “I know this is hard for her family, but they have to remember that we need to focus on real problems, like illegal immigrants not being able to see their kids.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/14/blog-posting/facebook-post-invents-false-warren-quote-immigrati/


claimant: Tommy Vietor
claim_date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/14/michael-flynns-unmasking-what-you-need-know/
title: Michael Flynn’s unmasking: What you need to know
review_date: 2020-05-14T22:14:26Z
textual_rating: DNI data backs claim
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If the DNI is suggesting unmasking is wrong, why did the Trump admin unmask identities 17,000 times in 2018?"


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Gates isn’t wanted for ‘premeditated murder’ in the Philippines
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Bill Gates arrest warrant issued in Philippines for ‘premeditated murder’ linked to vaccine roll out.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/instagram-posts/bill-gates-isnt-wanted-for-premeditated-murder-in/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/16/fact-checking-sanders-biden-primary-debate/
title: Fact-checking the Sanders-Biden primary debate
review_date: 2020-03-16T03:47:49Z
textual_rating: Not fully accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Fed gave trillions and trillions of dollars in zero-interest loans to every financial institution in this country and central banks all over the world."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: In Watergate, FBI reported to DOJ as a courtesy
review_date: 2017-07-21T19:56:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/21/donald-trump/trump-watergate-fbi-reported-doj-courtesy/


claimant: Scott Pruitt
claim_date: 2017-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Are coal mining jobs up by 50,000 since last year? Not exactly
review_date: 2017-06-05T20:47:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since the fourth quarter of last year until most recently, we've added almost 50,000 jobs in the coal sector. In the month of May alone, almost 7,000 jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/05/scott-pruitt/are-coal-mining-jobs-50000-last-year-not-exactly/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump explains why Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms
review_date: 2016-08-31T16:08:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-explains-why-hillary-clinton-wants-sh/


text: Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s false claim of DACA changes ‘because of the pandemic’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/16/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-daca-changes-because-pan/


text: "Instead of two for one, we have cut 22 burdensome regulations for everyone new rule."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump hasn't cut 22 regulations for every new one
review_date: 2018-02-02T17:00:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/02/donald-trump/trump-hasnt-cut-22-regulations-every-new-one/


text: “There are giant human caucasian skeletons in Ohio that predate any known civilizations.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: No bones about it. Persistent rumors that giant remains were found in Ohio are still False.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/30/instagram-posts/no-bones-about-it-persistent-rumors-giant-remains-/


text: Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden wrong about how early he called to invoke the Defense Production Act
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrong-about-how-early-he-called-invoke-d/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: John D. Rockefeller didn’t coin term ‘fossil fuels’ to trick people and boost oil prices
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
John D. Rockefeller coined the term “fossil fuel” to trick people into thinking that his product was scarce and drive up the price when fossil fuels are actually “the second most abundant liquid on the planet.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/facebook-posts/john-d-rockefeller-didnt-coin-term-fossil-fuels-tr/


text: Says Donald Trump was "forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times."
claimant: Carly Fiorina
claim_date: 2015-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Yep, Donald Trump's companies have declared bankruptcy...more than four times
review_date: 2017-04-11T15:12:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/21/hillary-clinton/yep-donald-trumps-companies-have-declared-bankrupt/


claimant: Alan Grayson
claim_date: 2016-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Alan Grayson lacks evidence for accusation about Patrick Murphy's father and All Aboard Florida
review_date: 2016-05-19T13:33:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/18/alan-grayson/alan-grayson-lacks-evidence-accusation-about-patri/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Steve Jobs didn’t say this about wealth as he was dying
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Steve Jobs said, “I realize that all my recognition and wealth that I have is meaningless in the face of imminent death.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/12/viral-image/no-steve-jobs-didnt-say-about-wealth-he-was-dying/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders twists Bloomberg’s record on tax hikes and cuts to Medicare and Social Security
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/18/bernie-sanders/sanders-twists-bloombergs-record-tax-hikes-and-cut/


claimant: Tom Price
claim_date: 2017-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: HHS chief Tom Price mostly correct that ER use is up since Obamacare
review_date: 2017-03-10T19:34:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Obama administration said "they were going to be able to drive folks away from one of the most expensive areas for the provision of health care, and that is the emergency rooms. In fact, they did just the opposite."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/10/tom-price/hhs-chief-tom-price-correct-er-use-obamacare/


claimant: Martha Laning
claim_date: 2018-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Millions more spent to defeat Tammy Baldwin than all other incumbent Democrats in Senate combined
review_date: 2018-01-17T17:02:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Conservative groups have spent $5 million "against" Tammy Baldwin -- five times more than against all other Democratic U.S. Senate incumbents up for election in 2018 combined.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/17/martha-laning/millions-more-spent-defeat-tammy-baldwin-all-other/


text: The NY state budget covers 96% of eligible preschoolers
claimant: Kathy Hochul
claim_date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: New York state funding for pre-K is climbing, but districts face barriers to serving everyone
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/18/kathy-hochul/nys-funding-for-pre-k-is-climbing-but-districts-fa/


text: “Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden says under Donald Trump, Iran’s uranium stockpile has grown tenfold. It has.
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/17/joe-biden/joe-biden-says-under-donald-trump-irans-uranium-st/


text: "I have never once raised the county tax levy -- not for seven straight years."
claimant: Robert Astorino
claim_date: 2017-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Astorino has not raised the tax levy in Westchester County
review_date: 2017-01-11T22:13:19Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/11/robert-astorino/astorino-has-not-raised-tax-levy-westchester-count/


text: Image shows a patient experiencing claustrophobia and having a panic attack during a CT scan.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: This image doesn’t show a claustrophobic person experiencing a panic attack during a CT scan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/31/facebook-posts/image-doesnt-show-claustrophobic-person-experienci/


text: Says Mark Kelly wants to “defund the police.”
claimant: Martha McSally
claim_date: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mark Kelly does not want to defund the police
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/31/martha-mcsally/no-mark-kelly-does-not-want-defund-police/


text: Says Joe Biden was “wearing a wire” during the first presidential debate.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Biden did not wear a wire during the first presidential debate
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/30/facebook-posts/biden-did-not-wear-wire-during-first-presidential-/


text: "Evangelical leader says those who oppose Trump could be ‘punished’ with gay child."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:51:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/11/blog-posting/evangelical-leader-kenneth-copeland-did-not-threat/

title:
Evangelical leader Kenneth Copeland did not threaten Trump opponents with having homosexual children


claimant: David Jolly
claim_date: 2016-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Rep. David Jolly says he voted against House Planned Parenthood investigation
review_date: 2016-04-26T21:55:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he “was the only Republican” to vote against creating a House panel to investigate Planned Parenthood.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/26/david-jolly/us-rep-david-jolly-says-he-voted-against-house-pla/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: In viral moment, Pete Buttigieg fumbles line on racial disparities in criminal justice
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/10/pete-buttigieg/viral-moment-pete-buttigieg-fumbles-line-racial-di/


text: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Biden beating Biden? Social media users misquote Biden, manufacture gaffe
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/26/blog-posting/biden-beating-biden-social-media-users-misquote-bi/


text: “Kamala Harris refused to be sworn in using the Bible.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris used a Bible in ceremonial swearing-in
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/facebook-posts/kamala-harris-used-bible-ceremonial-swearing-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: As more get vaccinated, spread and severity of COVID-19 worse among unvaccinated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Peak active cases” of COVID-19 for 2020 vs. 2021 show “this is not a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated.'"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/20/viral-image/more-get-vaccinated-spread-and-severity-covid-19-w/


claimant: David Frum
claim_date: 2017-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Are Trump's travels imposing historic costs on taxpayers, as David Frum said?
review_date: 2017-08-23T21:02:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"No president in history has imposed larger personal lifestyle costs on the taxpayer than Donald Trump."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/23/david-frum/are-trumps-travels-imposing-historic-costs-taxpaye/


text: "Pence: ‘Michelle Obama Is The Most Vulgar First Lady We’ve Ever Had’"
claimant: Politicono.com
claim_date: 2016-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Website makes up story that Mike Pence called Michelle Obama vulgar
review_date: 2016-12-20T21:42:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/20/politiconocom/satirical-site-made-story-mike-pence-called-michel/


text: Says a Craigslist ad offered to pay actors to be Trump supporters for a rally.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, that Craigslist ad offering to pay for Trump support is phony
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/11/facebook-posts/no-craigslist-ad-offering-pay-trump-support-phony/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Comparing Manafort's sentence to life sentence for man who sold pot
review_date: 2019-03-11T21:34:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/11/elizabeth-warren/comparing-manaforts-sentence-life-sentence-man-who/


claimant: Joe Rogan
claim_date: 2021-04-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/28/youth-not-invincible-9-experts-dispute-joe-rogans-/
title: ‘Youth is not invincible’: 9 experts dispute Joe Rogan’s vaccine advice for healthy 21-year-olds
textual_rating: Fauci, eight experts disagree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you're like 21 years old, and you say to me, ‘Should I get vaccinated?’ I'll go, ‘No. Are you healthy? Are you a healthy person?’ Like, look, don't do anything stupid, but you should take care of yourself. If you're a healthy person, and you're exercising all the time, and you're young, and you’re eating well, I don't think you need to worry about this."


text: Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”
claimant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic ad goes too far in tying Penn. Congressman to Trump and QAnon
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/05/dccc-lgo/democratic-ad-ties-penn-congressman-trump-and-qano/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2011-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said Obama's grandmother caught on tape saying she witnessed his birth in Kenya
review_date: 2016-09-16T13:26:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/apr/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-president-obamas-grandmother-cau/


text: Photo shows Democratic protesters who “stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2018.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Photo doesn’t show Kavanaugh protesters in the U.S. Capitol
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/04/facebook-posts/photo-doesnt-show-kavanaugh-protesters-us-capitol/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/09/trump-vowed-bring-drive-thru-covid-19-test-sites-s/
title: Trump vowed to bring drive-thru COVID-19 test sites to store parking lots. Where does that stand?
textual_rating: Still in the works
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We’ve been in discussions with pharmacies and retailers to make drive-thru tests available in the critical locations identified by public health professionals. The goal is for individuals to be able to drive up and be swabbed without having to leave your car.”


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence said Republican Medicare proposal gives seniors the same health care as Congress
review_date: 2016-07-15T13:43:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will "participate in the same kind of health plan that members of Congress do."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/apr/13/mike-pence/mike-pence-said-republican-medicare-proposal-will-/


claimant: TikTok videos
claim_date: 2023-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t believe this altered Associated Press headline about the White House cocaine culprit
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/13/tiktok-posts/dont-believe-this-altered-associated-press-headlin/


text: “West Virginia has one of the greatest percentages of veterans in any state.”
claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Jim Justice on West Virginia’s veteran population
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/15/jim-justice/fact-checking-jim-justice-west-virginias-veteran-p/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2016-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says China stole $360 billion in intellectual property from U.S.
review_date: 2016-05-18T16:40:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/17/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-china-stole-360-billion-intelle/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/14/fact-checking-california-reopen-protest-video/
title: Fact-checking a California reopen protest video
review_date: 2020-05-14T22:16:19Z
textual_rating: Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As we see unemployment increase to Depression levels, we also see suicide increase, we see domestic violence increase, we see child abuse increase, we see alcohol and drug abuse increase."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, George Floyd’s younger brother wasn’t arrested for murder
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“George Floyd’s younger brother, Dejywan Floyd, has been arrested in North Carolina for a ‘road rage’ shooting of a white couple, killing the mother of six sitting in the passenger seat.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/12/viral-image/no-george-floyds-younger-brother-wasnt-arrested-mu/


text: Says Kobe Bryant’s eldest daughter, Natalia, left a suicide video after being bullied.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Death hoax about Kobe Bryant’s eldest daughter spreads online
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/blog-posting/death-hoax-about-kobe-bryants-eldest-daughter-spre/


text: Says he’s "never voted ‘present’ in the House instead of taking a yes or no position.
claimant: Roger Williams
claim_date: 2018-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Roger Williams says he's never voted "present" in U.S. House action--the 'chicken way'
review_date: 2018-07-27T17:12:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/26/roger-williams/roger-williams-says-hes-never-voted-present-us-hou/


text: “Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017.”
claimant: Joe Sanfelippo
claim_date: 2020-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Sanfelippo flops with claim on violent crime
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/joe-sanfelippo/sanfelippo-flops-claim-violent-crime/


text: Vitamin D, vitamin C, colloidal silver and black seed oil can kill the coronavirus.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no scientific evidence to support that these supplements can kill the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/11/instagram-posts/theres-no-scientific-evidence-support-these-supple/


text: The state with the highest per capita number of guns used in New York crimes is Vermont.
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: A look at Hillary Clinton's claim about Vermont's gun pipeline to New York
review_date: 2016-04-13T13:59:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/12/hillary-clinton/look-hillary-clintons-claim-about-vermonts-gun-pip/


claimant: North Carolina Republican Party
claim_date: 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: NC GOP falsely ties dozens of Democrats to single-payer health care plan
review_date: 2018-10-23T19:08:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Democrats pledged to "force all North Carolinians into a single-payer health insurance scheme" that would cost $72 billion.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/north-carolina-republican-party/nc-gop-falsely-ties-dozens-democrats-single-payer-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says they were going to build a wall in '06, but environmental rules got in the way
review_date: 2016-08-29T20:14:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/29/donald-trump/trump-says-they-were-going-build-wall-06-no-enviro/


claimant: Project Republic
claim_date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Emma Gonzalez did not admit to bullying Parkland shooter at a rally
review_date: 2018-03-30T15:02:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Emma Gonzalez bullied school shooter, isn’t sorry; then retweets message blaming ‘white boys’ entitlement’ as cause of all school shootings"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/30/project-republic/no-emma-gonzalez-did-not-admit-bullying-parkland-s/


text: The United Kingdom banned COVID-19 booster vaccines for people under 50.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: The UK is targeting older adults in its upcoming COVID-19 vaccine campaigns, not banning them
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/31/viral-image/uk-targeting-older-adults-its-upcoming-covid-19-va/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Christie told Trump to exploit Biden’s stutter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Chris Christie told Donald Trump to interrupt Joe Biden during the debate because “people who overcome stuttering have a harder time maintaining their train of thought when interrupted. Keep interrupting him and he’ll stumble when he tries to speak. This will enforce the ‘senile’ narrative.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/07/facebook-posts/no-evidence-christie-told-trump-exploit-bidens-stu/


claimant: Philip Levine
claim_date: 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/feb/23/fact-checking-claims-wake-parkland-school-shooting/
title: Fact-checking claims in the wake of the Parkland school shooting
review_date: 2018-02-23T16:13:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."


claimant: Philip Levine
claim_date: 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: 14 school shootings since 2010 in Florida? Not really
review_date: 2018-02-23T16:13:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/23/philip-levine/14-schools-shootings-2010-florida-not-really/


claimant: Tom Nelson
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Re-crossings at the border not the only factor in ongoing border crisis
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/tom-nelson/re-crossings-border-not-only-factor-ongoing-border/


text: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump said Chrysler is leaving Mexico. It isn't
review_date: 2018-01-18T17:30:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/18/donald-trump/trump-said-chrysler-leaving-mexico-it-isnt/


text: The proposed state budget contains "an additional tax cut for the middle class."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2017-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Cuomo's budget does not include new tax cuts
review_date: 2017-03-17T23:02:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/17/andrew-cuomo/cuomos-budget-does-not-include-new-tax-cuts/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of Margaret Sanger at a KKK meeting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/27/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-margaret-sanger-kkk-meeting/


text: Says Leah Vukmir said: "I’m not endorsing Donald Trump."
claimant: Kevin Nicholson
claim_date: 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-08-08T17:43:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/08/kevin-nicholson/kevin-nicholsons-attack-leah-vukmir-over-support-d/

title:
Kevin Nicholson's attack on Leah Vukmir ignores the fact that she became backer of Trump's candidacy


text: “In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2023-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence oversells U.S. ‘energy independence’ under Donald Trump
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/16/mike-pence/mike-pence-oversells-us-energy-independence-under/


text: “Biden is computer generated.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden wasn’t ‘computer generated’ in a March interview
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/19/facebook-posts/no-biden-wasnt-computer-generated-march-interview/


text: “Old C-SPAN footage of Joe Biden introducing man in blackface.”
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Video edited to look like Biden introduced singer in blackface
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/20/youtube-videos/video-edited-look-biden-introduced-singer-blackfac/


text: Gilbert Gottfried died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Gilbert Gottfried didn’t die from the COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/13/tweets/gilbert-gottfried-didnt-die-covid-19-vaccine/


text: "It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2019-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Is outing the whistleblower only a crime if the inspector general does it?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/11/donald-trump-jr/outing-whistleblower-only-crime-if-inspector-gener/


claimant: Todd Rokita
claim_date: 2018-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Did Luke Messer and Mike Braun raise taxes in Indiana?
review_date: 2018-04-30T15:05:52Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/30/todd-rokita/did-luke-messer-and-mike-braun-raise-taxes-indiana/


text: Video shows Russian artillery tanks “completely destroyed by Bayraktar TB2 drones” on July 2.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Post shows video game footage, not the war in Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/06/viral-image/post-shows-video-game-footage-not-war-ukraine/


text: "I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that he 'finished' the Obama birther talk
review_date: 2016-09-16T18:11:48Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/16/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-he-finished-obama-b/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/15/ad-watch-donald-trumps-video-about-joe-biden-and-c/
title: Ad Watch: Donald Trump’s video about Joe Biden and China is rife with omission, deceptive editing
review_date: 2020-04-15T22:09:06Z
textual_rating: Out of context, said that in 2011
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden protected China’s feelings during the coronavirus outbreak, saying "It is in our self interest that China continue to prosper."


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders' ad says Trans-Pacific Partnership could cost 448,000 jobs
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:27:34Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2016/mar/24/bernie-s/tufts-university-study-has-bernies-back-trans-paci/

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/24/bernie-s/tufts-university-study-has-bernies-back-trans-paci/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Merriam-Webster didn’t change the definition of ‘anti-vaxxer’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Merriam-Webster recently changed its definition of “anti-vaxxer” to include people who oppose laws that mandate vaccination.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/17/viral-image/no-merriam-webster-didnt-change-definition-anti-va/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Barack Obama wrong about size of U.S. steel production, work force
review_date: 2016-07-05T21:43:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/05/barack-obama/barack-obama-wrong-about-size-us-steel-production-/


claimant: Michael Avenatti
claim_date: 2018-05-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/18/closer-look-payments-donald-trumps-lawyer-michael-/
title: A closer look at payments to Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen
review_date: 2018-05-18T14:17:06Z
textual_rating: Needs Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Out of $3 million identified in our executive summary, all but about $25,000 has checked out and been verified in fact by the companies involved in many instances."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, El Chapo didn’t testify that Comey laundered $150 million for Pelosi
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says El Chapo "stated in court" that James Comey helped launder $150 million "cartel money for Pelosi."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/01/facebook-posts/no-el-chapo-didnt-testify-comey-laundered-150-mill/


text: "Let me say that I don't think (Bernie Sanders has) had a single negative ad ever run against him."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton wrong that no negative ads have hit Bernie Sanders
review_date: 2016-05-22T20:09:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/22/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-wrong-negative-ads-bernie-sanders/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly tweets that he 'never said' more countries should have nuclear weapons
review_date: 2016-11-16T23:13:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The @nytimes states today that DJT believes ‘more countries should acquire nuclear weapons.’ How dishonest are they. I never said this!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-tweets-he-never-said-more-cou/


text: Says Russ Feingold "got paid $8,000 a lecture at Stanford University."
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Ron Johnson: Opponent Russ Feingold "got paid $8,000 a lecture at Stanford University."
review_date: 2016-11-02T16:20:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/02/ron-johnson/ron-johnson-opponent-russ-feingold-got-paid-8000-l/


claimant: Chris Collins
claim_date: 2018-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Are Americans already benefiting from the new tax law?
review_date: 2018-03-09T17:02:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/09/chris-collins/are-americans-already-benefiting-new-tax-law/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on libel law and prison
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/05/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trump-libel-law-and-prison/


text: “Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump changes yardstick in claim about southern border apprehensions
review_date: 2017-04-10T22:33:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/10/donald-trump/trump-illegal-immigration-down-64-percent-march-tr/


text: “Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump’s claim that illegal immigration is down 64 percent because of his administration
review_date: 2017-04-11T10:49:25Z
textual_rating: One Pinocchio
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/11/president-trumps-claim-that-illegal-immigration-is-down-64-percent-because-of-his-administration/


text: “Halyna Huchins’ next project was documentary on Hollywood pedophile rings.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Halyna Hutchins wasn’t working on a Hollywood pedophile rings doc
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/viral-image/no-halyna-hutchins-wasnt-working-hollywood-pedophi/


claimant: Eric Erickson
claim_date: 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Warnock ‘ran over’ wife; obstruction case dropped
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Raphael Warnock "ran over his wife" and was "arrested for obstructing an investigation into child abuse."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/16/erick-erickson/no-proof-warnock-ran-over-wife-obstruction-case-dr/


claimant: James Lankford
claim_date: 2017-09-25T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-10-02T18:05:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The First Amendment’s the First Amendment. It goes start to finish. We can’t say to one football coach you’re fired if you kneel in silent prayer at the end of the game, but to a player, if you kneel in protest to a game, you’re celebrated."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/02/james-lankford/sen-james-lankfords-misleading-comparison-about-nf/

title:
Sen. James Lankford's misleading comparison about NFL protests, firing of high school football coach


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/16/fact-checking-donald-trumps-abc-town-hall/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall
review_date: 2020-09-16T18:54:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I didn’t say one way or the other" that Chinese President Xi Jinping was doing a good job handling the new coronavirus.


text: Video shows Elon Musk talking about what “every failed leader” he met had in common.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video of Elon Musk uses 2017 interview about the future of transportation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/17/viral-image/altered-video-elon-musk-uses-2017-interview-about/


text: Video shows hecklers shouting profanities at President Joe Biden.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Another altered video appears to show an outburst during a Biden speech, but that didn’t happen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/26/viral-image/another-altered-video-appears-to-show-an-outburst/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: In marathon speech, Kevin McCarthy makes dubious claims about Build Back Better bill
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/19/kevin-mccarthy/marathon-speech-kevin-mccarthy-makes-dubious-claim/


claimant: David Wolfe
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Experts, medical groups still recommend mammograms as a screening test for breast cancer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Stop getting mammograms immediately as they are outdated and dangerous!” Thermography “is a safer way to test for breast cancer!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/17/david-wolfe/experts-medical-groups-still-recommend-mammograms/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s Mostly False claim that James Clapper said no collusion found in Russia probe
review_date: 2017-05-12T21:21:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says James Clapper "and virtually everyone else" said "there is no collusion" in the Russia investigation findings

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/12/donald-trump/trumps-mostly-false-claim-clapper-said-no-collusio/


text: COVID-19 “surges among most vaxxed communities, says Harvard study.”
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2021-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Harvard study found that vaccinations alone aren’t enough to fight COVID-19
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/19/youtube-videos/harvard-study-found-vaccinations-alone-arent-enoug/


text: “Joe Biden changes the name of Black History Month.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Joe Biden didn’t change the name of Black History Month
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/instagram-posts/no-president-joe-biden-didnt-change-the-name-of-bl/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/01/facebook-posts/ron-johnson-say-americans-back-work-coronavirus/

title:
Did Ron Johnson say Americans should go back to work because “death is an unavoidable part of life?”


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris didn’t say Democrats are ‘coming for’ Trump supporters in 2020
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Kamala Harris said Democrats are "coming for" Trump supporters if they win the White House in 2020.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/04/facebook-posts/kamala-harris-didnt-say-democrats-are-coming-trump/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Deer licenses sold in Wisconsin don't prove the state has one of the world’s largest militaries
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/06/facebook-posts/deer-licenses-sold-wisconsin-dont-prove-state-has-/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
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: Can have that outcome
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“So, the problem is that right now the criminalization statute is what gives Donald Trump the ability to take children away from their parents."


text: China has "not acted so well with our elections. They’ve tampered with our elections quite a bit."
claimant: Jeff Denham
claim_date: 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence to back Denham’s claim China ‘tampered’ with U.S. elections ‘quite a bit’
review_date: 2018-08-14T21:15:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/14/jeff-denham/no-evidence-back-denhams-claim-china-tampered-us-e/


text: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Biden on use of cages for immigrants during Obama administration
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/joe-biden/fact-checking-biden-use-cages-during-obama-adminis/


text: Photo shows fighting in Ukraine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Old photo of military exercise used to illustrate story about Russia’s war in Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/22/viral-image/old-photo-military-exercise-used-illustrate-story-/


text: Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Why Haitians are crossing into the U.S. in Texas, and not somewhere closer
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/23/facebook-posts/why-haitians-are-crossing-us-texas-and-not-somewhe/


text: Tom Hanks shouting "sexy baby" is connected to Jeffery Epstein and pedophilia.
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2023-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post takes Tom Hanks clip out of context to falsely claim he condones pedophilia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/09/instagram-posts/instagram-post-takes-tom-hanks-clip-out-context-fa/


claimant: Michael Bennet
claim_date: 2019-01-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jan/25/fact-checking-michael-bennets-senate-floor-speech-/
title: Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown
review_date: 2019-01-25T21:48:18Z
textual_rating: In the ballpark
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Forty percent of the people in this country that are undocumented are here because they came legally and overstayed.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-12-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/dec/15/fact-checking-joe-bidens-speech-after-electoral-co/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote
review_date: 2020-12-15T23:06:48Z
textual_rating: Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They were heard by more than 80 judges across this country. And in every case, no cause or evidence was found to reverse or question or dispute the results."


claimant: Justin Amash
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: What counts as a high crime or misdemeanor for impeachment? Justin Amash got it right
review_date: 2019-05-29T16:22:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/29/justin-amash/what-counts-high-crime-or-misdemeanor-impeachment-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, the movie ‘I am Legend’ was not based in 2021 and the outbreak was not caused by a vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The movie “I am Legend” was based in the year 2021 and people turned into zombies “because of the wrong vaccine.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/22/facebook-posts/no-movie-i-am-legend-was-not-based-2021-and-outbre/


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: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And they did these massive dumps of votes. And, all of a sudden, I went from winning by a lot to losing by a little."


text: "Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."
claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2017-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Perdue cites data on immigrant households benefiting from social welfare programs
review_date: 2017-08-14T19:31:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/david-perdue/sen-david-perdue-half-immigrant-households-benefit/


text: Says Kelly Loeffler supports "raising taxes on Georgia's middle class."
claimant: Raphael Warnock
claim_date: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Kelly Loeffler’s support of a tax cut that expires isn’t support of a tax hike
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/16/raphael-warnock/kelly-loefflers-support-tax-cut-expires-isnt-suppo/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claim about benefits for immigrants in California is missing context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/09/ron-desantis/gov-ron-desantis-claim-about-benefits-for-immigran/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely takes credit for two large industrial projects in Louisiana and Pennsylvania
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/16/donald-trump/trump-falsely-takes-credit-two-large-industrial-pr/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s baseless conspiracy about protester shoved by police in Buffalo
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/09/donald-trump/trumps-baseless-conspiracy-about-protester-shoved-/


claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: The state spends more on Western New York than it receives in taxes from region
review_date: 2016-10-14T17:48:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"After how hard you work and how much you pay in taxes, New York City ends up getting the money. I'm Chris Jacobs. I think it's time we have someone in Albany that's making sure our region gets our fair share"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/14/chris-jacobs/state-spends-more-western-new-york-it-receives-tax/


text: "Hillary Clinton is on trial for Bengazi (sic) this week.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hillary Clinton isn’t on trial over the terror attack in Benghazi, Libya
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/11/facebook-posts/no-hillary-clinton-isnt-trial-over-terror-attack-b/


claimant: Cindi Castilla
claim_date: 2019-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: What does the law say about children and sex reassignment surgery?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/11/cindi-castilla/what-does-law-say-about-children-and-sex-reassignm/


text: Says that the House GOP super PAC in DC is spending more to help my opponent than anyone else."
claimant: Paul Davis
claim_date: 2018-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, the House GOP super PAC isn't spending the most in Kansas 2nd, but they are spending a lot
review_date: 2018-10-19T19:28:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/19/paul-davis/no-super-pacs-arent-spending-most-amount-money-boo/


claimant: Kathryn Moffett Bradford
claim_date: 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Are 90% to 95% of those hospitalized for COVID-19 unvaccinated?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/kathryn-moffett-bradford/are-90-95-those-hospitalized-covid-19-unvaccinated/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-09-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/sep/25/short-history-national-anthem-and-sports/
title: A short history of the national anthem, protests and the NFL
review_date: 2017-09-25T21:35:46Z
textual_rating: Rule not being enforced
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The national anthem "must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem," standing, facing the flag, helmets in left hands.


text: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz’s misleading statement on people who believe the election was ‘rigged’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/06/ted-cruz/ted-cruzs-misleading-statement-people-who-believe-/


text: On being onstage campaigning with President Donald Trump
claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2018-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Sean Hannity vows not to appear onstage at Trump rally, then he does
review_date: 2018-11-06T16:35:16Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/06/sean-hannity/hannity-vows-not-appear-onstage-trump-rally-then-h/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act: what the record says
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/joe-biden/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-and-affordable-car/


text: "We had the best jobs report in 16 years."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump right that U.S. just 'had the best jobs report in 16 years'?
review_date: 2017-07-25T20:53:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/25/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-us-just-had-best-jobs-report-16/


claimant: Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
claim_date: 2018-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Texas's Fletcher tries to hit Culberson on Obamacare
review_date: 2018-09-24T12:51:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Texas U.S. Rep John Culberson voted to let insurance companies charge people 50 and over five times more than younger people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/24/lizzie-pannill-fletcher/texass-fletcher-tries-hit-culberson-obamacare/


text: “34 dead after Lizzo attempted to crowd surf.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Y’all be running with fake news’: Lizzo did not kill 34 people after crowd-surfing
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/17/instagram-posts/yall-be-running-with-fake-news-lizzo-did-not-kill/


text: Says an ICE detainer request "is not a valid warrant."
claimant: Quentin Miller
claim_date: 2019-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: NC sheriff right: ICE detainers are not valid warrants
review_date: 2019-03-28T21:48:05Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/28/quentin-miller/nc-sheriff-right-ice-detainers-are-not-valid-warra/


text: Photos show the health ministers of Canada and Los Angeles.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Altered photos of Canadian and Los Angeles health officials spread online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/20/viral-image/altered-photos-canadian-and-los-angeles-health-off/


text: NASA space rockets can’t reach space.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: After decades of space travel, claiming that NASA rockets can’t reach space is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/26/instagram-posts/after-decades-of-space-travel-claiming-that-nasa-r/


text: "You can see visits to Moscow made during the campaign by (Paul) Manafort and others."
claimant: Maxine Waters
claim_date: 2017-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly False: Democrat says Paul Manafort visited Moscow during campaign
review_date: 2017-05-19T18:44:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/19/maxine-waters/rep-waters-exaggerates-trump-associate-moscow-trip/


claimant: Alex Padilla
claim_date: 2021-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: In majority of states, it's faster to obtain a rifle than to register to vote
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/29/alex-padilla/it-easier-obtain-rifle-register-vote-alex-padilla-/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-08-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/21/kamala-harris/no-americas-auto-industry-not-expected-lose-many-3/

title:
No, America’s auto industry not expected to lose ‘as many as 300,000’ jobs, as Kamala Harris claimed


text: The remains of Brian Laundrie that were discovered in Florida belong to a twin.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Brian Laundrie’s remains confirmed by dental records, FBI says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/26/facebook-posts/brian-laundries-remains-confirmed-dental-records-f/


text: Kendall Jenner edited a photo to look like she was holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Kendall Jenner said she didn’t edit, share altered BLM photo
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/10/viral-image/kendall-jenner-said-she-didnt-edit-share-altered-b/


text: "Autopsy results from Vince Foster’s exhumed body — Cause of death to be changed!"
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Vince Foster’s death has not been ruled a homicide after autopsy, despite fake news reports
review_date: 2017-04-03T19:12:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/03/blog-posting/vince-fosters-death-has-not-been-ruled-homicide-af/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/20/one-last-time-president-fact-checking-donald-trump/
title: One last time (as president): Fact-checking Donald Trump’s departure speech
review_date: 2021-01-20T23:08:25Z
textual_rating: Obama, not Trump, signed bill in question
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Veterans "can go out, and they can see a doctor if they have to wait long periods of time. ... We didn’t have any of those rights before when I came on."


text: "One in six Texans don’t have health care. We’re the most uninsured state in the U.S."
claimant: Lupe Valdez
claim_date: 2018-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Lupe Valdez says 1 in 6 Texans 'don't have health care' and Texas is the most uninsured state
review_date: 2018-05-31T16:34:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/31/lupe-valdez/lupe-valdez-1-6-Texans-lack-health-care-uninsured-/


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: 2019-01-09T04:20:55Z
textual_rating: Partly right, needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border."`


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking President Trump’s Oval Office address on immigration
review_date: 2019-01-09T19:11:56Z
textual_rating: Not the whole story
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border."`

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/09/fact-checking-president-trumps-oval-office-address-immigration/


text: "The National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Why Donald Trump's tweet about national debt decrease in his first month is highly misleading
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:06:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/25/donald-trump/why-donald-trumps-tweet-about-decline-national-deb/


claimant: Jill Stein
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Jill Stein overstates forecast about seas rising up to 30 feet in 50 years or so
review_date: 2016-11-28T17:57:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/23/jill-stein/jill-stein-overstates-forecast-about-seas-rising-3/


text: Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Video shared by Trump omits full context of Biden’s comments
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/donald-trump/video-shared-trump-omits-full-context-bidens-comme/


claimant: Jerrold Nadler
claim_date: 2019-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Does U.S. have more gun deaths in 1 day than other countries in 1 year?
review_date: 2019-02-14T19:31:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/14/jerrold-nadler/does-us-have-more-gun-deaths-1-day-other-countries/


text: President Trump’s tariffs are “taking $1.4 billion out of working people’s pockets every month.”
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris claims Trump’s tariffs cost $1.4 billion per month. That’s Mostly True
review_date: 2019-06-10T21:44:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/10/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-claims-trumps-tariffs-cost-14-billio/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fluctuating vote count on Fox News resulted from human error, not fraud in the Georgia runoff
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Fluctuating vote count in Fox News coverage of the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff is evidence of voter fraud.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/09/viral-image/fluctuating-vote-count-fox-news-resulted-human-err/


claimant: Joe Heck
claim_date: 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: New ad claiming Catherine Cortez Masto indicted Harry Reid's political opponent needs context
review_date: 2016-11-01T17:37:52Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Catherine Cortez Masto indicted (Brian Krolicki), who was an innocent man, in order to save Harry Reid's political career"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/joe-heck/new-ad-claiming-catherine-cortez-masto-indicted-ha/


text: “Nevada AG admits to changing signature verifications manually for over 200,000 votes.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nevada’s attorney general didn’t admit to changing signature verifications during the election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/11/facebook-posts/no-nevadas-attorney-general-didnt-admit-changing-s/?fbclid=IwAR0NXfeh50ta2ee0ZT38gUadhikIhAjY0KtXoTcAXHC4odq4LRaVlgac6K0


text: "Incredibly, some Tallahassee politicians want to make Florida a sanctuary state."
claimant: Richard Corcoran
claim_date: 2018-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Do Tallahassee politicians want to make Florida a sanctuary state?
review_date: 2018-02-02T17:43:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/02/richard-corcoran/do-tallahassee-politicians-want-make-florida-sanct/


text: Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2020-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Someone manipulated video of Joe Biden. Robin Vos shared it, then slammed media coverage
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/robin-vos/donald-trump-manipulated-video-joe-biden-robin-vos/


text: Video shows a fight breaking out in a U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Verbal jousting? Sure. Jostling blows? No. Fight didn’t break out in House hearing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/08/facebook-posts/verbal-jousting-sure-jostling-blows-no-fight-didnt/


text: “Facebook said that if you support the NRA you will get kicked off.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Facebook isn’t kicking people out for supporting the NRA
review_date: 2022-09-14T21:06:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/08/facebook-posts/no-facebook-isnt-kicking-people-out-supporting-nra/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-trump-state-of-the-union-2018-01-30-live-updates/
title: Fact-checking Trump's first State of the Union address
review_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: CBS News
publisher_site: cbsnews.com
text:
Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump inflates Apple investment
review_date: 2018-01-31T21:38:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-inflates-apple-investment/


claimant: Devin Nunes
claim_date: 2017-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Nunes gets it wrong; Trump hasn’t signed ‘more bills’ than any president at this point
review_date: 2017-06-27T22:50:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Trump has signed more bills into law “than any president previously before at this stage in the game.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/27/devin-nunes/nunes-gets-it-wrong-trump-hasnt-signed-more-bills-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/02/context-donald-trumps-nasty-comment-about-meghan-m/
title: In Context: What Donald Trump said about Meghan Markle
review_date: 2019-06-02T15:39:51Z
textual_rating: He said the word
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I never called Meghan Markle 'nasty.' Made up by the Fake News Media, and they got caught cold! Will @CNN, @nytimes and others apologize? Doubt it!"


text: "Mexico’s Next President Calls for An Invasion Of The US"
claimant: WeSupportDonaldTrump.com
claim_date: 2018-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mexico’s presidential candidate didn't call for mass migration to the United States
review_date: 2018-06-25T21:35:48Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/25/blog-posting/mexico-presidential-candidate-call-immigration/


text: “New global virus called ID-10T is spreading quickly.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t be an ‘idiot’: ID-10T is not the name of a new global virus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/24/viral-image/dont-be-an-idiot-id-10t-is-not-the-name-of-a-new-g/


claimant: Cecile Richards
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Cecile Richards makes Half True claim about Barack Obama winning with record gender gap
review_date: 2016-07-30T00:41:27Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/cecile-richards/cecile-richards-makes-half-true-claim-about-barack/


text: Says Patrick Murphy wrongly conveyed Rubio's stance on abortion for women infected by Zika.
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Rubio mischaracterizes his own position on abortions for pregnant women with Zika
review_date: 2016-10-11T22:28:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/11/marco-rubio/rubio-mischaracterizes-his-own-position-abortions-/


text: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
claimant: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2022-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic group’s false attack on Wis. GOP Sen. Ron Johnson over outsourcing to China
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/28/democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/democratic-groups-false-attack-wis-gop-sen-ron-joh/


text: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
claimant: Rashida Tlaib
claim_date: 2020-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Rep. Tlaib’s claim on Detroit’s police, health spending
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/16/rashida-tlaib/fact-checking-rep-tlaibs-claim-detroits-police-hea/


text: The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.
claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2016-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Rush Limbaugh asks why Cincinnati Zoo gorilla hadn't evolved into a human
review_date: 2016-06-03T18:22:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/03/rush-limbaugh/rush-limbaugh-asks-why-cincinnati-zoo-gorilla-hadn/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton says almost a half-million immigrants still eligible for DACA, particularly Asians
review_date: 2016-08-22T22:49:37Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Almost half a million people are still eligible (for DACA), particularly in the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/22/hillary-clinton/clinton-says-almost-half-million-people-still-elig/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-06-21T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-06-22T22:14:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/22/tammy-baldwin/trumps-executive-order-doesnt-address-2000-separat/

title:
Trump's executive order doesn't address 2,000 separated children and families would still be jailed?


claimant: Twitter prankster
claim_date: 2018-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: A gorilla channel for Donald Trump? Satire tweet fools 1,000s
review_date: 2018-01-05T22:13:56Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel" for President Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/05/tweets/gorilla-channel-trump-satire-tweet-fools-1000s/


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2017-03-20T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-03-21T20:13:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/21/mark-pocan/americas-wealthiest-get-600-billion-tax-breaks-rep/

title:
Only the wealthiest would get $600 billion in tax breaks from 'Trumpcare' replacement for Obamacare?


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Blog twists Pope Francis's message on migrants, national security
review_date: 2018-07-12T18:18:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Pope says that the rights of Muslim migrants trump any safety concerns that you might have with them in your country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/12/blog-posting/blog-post-twists-popes-words-about-migrants-and-na/


text: "Midtown crime is up by 30 percent the last quarter."
claimant: Rick Baker
claim_date: 2017-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Did crime in Midtown go up 30 percent in the last quarter?
review_date: 2017-07-11T21:07:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/11/rick-baker/did-crime-go-30-percent-midtown-last-quarter/


text: “How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Gretchen Whitmer isn’t George Soros’s niece
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/10/facebook-posts/no-gretchen-whitmer-isnt-george-soross-niece/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, ballots for Donald Trump weren’t discovered in a Georgia dumpster
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Active crime scene in Spalding County, Ga., where ballots for President Donald Trump were discovered in a dumpster.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/facebook-posts/no-ballots-donald-trump-werent-discovered-georgia-/


text: "The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Trump mislabels Obamacare subsidy as gift to insurers
review_date: 2017-10-18T19:33:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/18/donald-trump/trump-mislabels-obamacare-subsidy-gift-insurers/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/26/ad-watch-fact-checking-biden-claim-sanders-thought/
textual_rating: Said someone should try
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Bernie Sanders was seriously thinking about challenging our first African American president in a primary."

title:
Ad Watch: Fact-checking Joe Biden's claim that Bernie Sanders thought about challenging Barack Obama


text: Bernie Sanders’ plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2015-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie says Bernie Sanders’s plan is 'to raise your taxes to 90 percent'
review_date: 2016-04-22T14:14:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/29/chris-christie/chris-christie-says-bernie-sanderss-plan-raise-you/


text: "To call what happened on January 6 an armed insurrection, I just think is not accurate."
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2022-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson wrong to claim Jan. 6 was not an armed insurrection
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/10/ron-johnson/wisconsin-sen-ron-johnson-wrong-claim-jan-6-was-no/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: After Pearl Harbor, Japanese didn't invade US because they feared armed citizens?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Japanese military did not invade the mainland United States after Pearl Harbor because "they know that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/14/facebook-posts/after-pearl-harbor-japanese-didnt-invade-us-becaus/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, food companies are not selling products that contain ‘aborted fetus cells’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/23/facebook-posts/no-food-companies-are-not-selling-products-contain/


text: The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise"
claimant: Brian Kolb
claim_date: 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Kolb takes aim at 'Buffalo Billion' job promises
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/29/brian-kolb/kolb-takes-aim-buffalo-billion-job-promises/


claimant: Kevin Cramer
claim_date: 2018-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin Cramer distorts record on government shutdown
review_date: 2018-08-07T20:15:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I've always voted for keeping the government open. I’ve never cast a vote to shut down the government."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/06/kevin-cramer/kevin-cramer-distorts-shutdown-record/


claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2017-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Medicaid expansion drove health insurance coverage under health law, Rand Paul says
review_date: 2017-01-15T23:30:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/15/rand-paul/medicaid-expansion-drove-health-insurance-coverage/


text: Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t say, ‘People are dying who have never died before’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-trump-didnt-say-people-are-dying-who-have-never/


text: Police say there is a suspected serial killer in Baton Rouge.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, police aren’t investigating a suspected serial killer in Baton Rouge
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/16/viral-image/no-police-arent-investigating-suspected-serial-kil/


claimant: Randy Bryce
claim_date: 2018-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Would Trump bill have kept his grandfather and Melania from immigrating to U.S.? (And you, too?)
review_date: 2018-01-19T17:46:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/19/randy-bryce/would-trump-bill-have-kept-his-grandfather-and-mel/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Nikki Haley falsely links transgender athletes with teen girls’ suicidal ideation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/06/nikki-haley/nikki-haley-falsely-links-transgender-athletes-wit/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Did the Clinton Foundation go 'above and beyond' in transparency?
review_date: 2016-09-01T22:06:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Clinton Foundation "took steps that went above and beyond all legal requirements and, indeed, all standard requirements followed by every other charitable organization."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/31/hillary-clinton/did-clinton-foundation-go-above-and-beyond-transpa/


text: Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is facing charges after “lying” to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that California Rep. Eric Swalwell is facing charges lacks proof
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/30/facebook-posts/claim-that-california-rep-eric-swalwell-is-facing/


claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2019-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Does China burn seven to eight times as much coal as the U.S.?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/04/jim-justice/does-china-burn-seven-eight-times-much-coal-us/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: A claim comparing adverse events for COVID-19, flu vaccines exaggerates raw data
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/15/facebook-posts/claim-comparing-adverse-events-covid-19-flu-vaccin/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/oct/22/fact-checking-joe-biden-cnns-town-hall/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden at CNN’s town hall
review_date: 2021-10-22T18:19:07Z
textual_rating: Accurate for votes
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Look, Joe (Manchin) is not a bad guy. He's a friend. And he's always, at the end of the day, come around and voted for it."


text: Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row."
claimant: Andy Gronik
claim_date: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Half True attack on Scott Walker and if Wisconsin for 3 years straight is last in business starts
review_date: 2017-07-26T16:31:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/26/andy-gronik/half-true-attack-scott-walker-and-if-wisconsin-3-y/


text: A Ukrainian TikToker shows how to drive an abandoned Russian armored vehicle.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, this woman driving an armored vehicle isn’t Ukrainian. She’s Russian and the clip is from 2021
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/04/facebook-posts/no-woman-driving-armored-vehicle-isnt-ukrainian-sh/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Robert De Niro made this statement comparing Trump to a village idiot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Robert De Niro said, "I preferred the time in America when the president and the village idiot were two different people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/28/viral-image/no-evidence-robert-de-niro-made-statement-comparin/


text: A Boeing 757 didn’t fly into the Pentagon on 9/11.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, a plane crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/14/facebook-posts/yes-plane-crashed-pentagon-sept-11-2001/


text: Dr. Phil and other celebrities are endorsing CBD gummies.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Dr. Phil and these celebrities are not endorsing CBD gummies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/03/blog-posting/no-these-celebrities-arent-endorsing-cbd-gummies/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Millions weren’t ‘under emergency travel restrictions’ on air quality alert days
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We have over a million people right now that are under emergency travel restrictions … and this is due to poison being released into the air.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/31/facebook-posts/millions-werent-under-emergency-travel-restriction/


text: "There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2018-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Were there no hearings on bipartisan criminal justice bill?
review_date: 2018-11-20T21:27:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/20/tom-cotton/were-there-no-hearings-bipartisan-criminal-justice/


claimant: Twitter account
claim_date: 2023-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/07/fact-checking-claims-about-chinese-spy-balloon/
title: Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon
review_date: 2023-02-08T01:10:49Z
textual_rating: Lacks Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former President Donald Trump created a Justice Department task force to combat Chinese espionage in the country, and President Joe Biden shut it down.


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2017-03-10T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-03-31T15:46:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A study of where teachers apply to work found that "less than 5 percent wanted to work in rural Wisconsin."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/31/tony-evers/state-school-superintendent-misses-claim-5-percent/

title:
State school superintendent misses on claim that 5 percent of teachers want to work in rural schools


claimant: Raphael Warnock
claim_date: 2020-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim that ties Sen. Kelly Loeffler to QAnon, ‘white supremacist’
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/09/raphael-warnock/fact-checking-claim-ties-sen-kelly-loeffler-qanon-/


claimant: James Tedisco
claim_date: 2018-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: New York may raise wages for tipped workers. Here's what happened when Maine tried
review_date: 2018-04-27T14:23:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/26/james-tedisco/ny-may-raise-wages-tipped-workers-heres-what-happe/


text: “Pelosi’s panel ready to arrest Trump.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Jan. 6 committee isn’t about to arrest Trump. It doesn’t have that power
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/29/facebook-posts/no-jan-6-committee-isnt-about-arrest-trump-it-does/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2015-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich: Clinton foreign donations 'clearly' violate Constitution
review_date: 2016-07-15T14:23:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/apr/26/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-clinton-foreign-donations-clearly-vi/


text: Bill Gates is behind the five recent cases of malaria in the United States.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Bill Gates-funded project did not cause the recent US malaria cases
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/06/facebook-posts/no-a-bill-gates-funded-project-did-not-cause-the-r/


text: "Some states have “tried to ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history.”
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2023-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris claim about states banning teaching Latino history relies on some flawed examples
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/07/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-claim-about-states-banning-teaching/


claimant: Rick Baker
claim_date: 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Kriseman wrongly suggests city didn't dip into reserves before Irma
review_date: 2017-09-29T13:39:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/29/rick-baker/rick-baker-says-kriseman-tapped-reserves-irma-hes-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, video of rioters discussing Capitol ‘floor plan’ doesn’t prove Jan. 6 was antifa setup
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/


text: Photo shows Kamala Harris pretending to board an official plane.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, these photos don’t show Kamala Harris in front of a green screen
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/18/viral-image/no-these-photos-dont-show-kamala-harris-front-gree/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump misleads on Russia, Crimea, Obama and the G-8
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-misleads-russia-crimea-obama/


claimant: Comedy Central's "Drunk History"
claim_date: 2019-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Did Lady Bird Johnson sic the CIA on Eartha Kitt?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/15/drunk-history/did-lady-bird-johnson-sic-cia-eartha-kitt/


text: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claims Obama made deal to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia
review_date: 2017-02-02T21:11:52Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/02/donald-trump/trump-claims-obama-made-deal-take-thousands-illega/


text: “UN cultural agency removes birthplace of Jesus from its list of heritage sites.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, UNESCO didn’t remove the birthplace of Jesus from its World Heritage sites
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/28/viral-image/no-unesco-didnt-remove-birthplace-jesus-its-world-/


text: Donald Trump posed as an anonymous “Nevada poll worker” on Laura Ingraham’s show.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t pose as a poll worker on Laura Ingraham’s show
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/13/instagram-posts/no-trump-didnt-pose-poll-worker-laura-ingrahams-sh/


text: Says "the coronavirus was engineered by scientists in a lab."
claimant: Natural News
claim_date: 2020-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Health misinformation site promotes conspiracy about coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/10/naturalnewscom/health-misinformation-site-promotes-conspiracy-abo/


claimant: Facebook User
claim_date: 2022-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Social media video doesn’t show evidence of voter fraud in Washington state
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Clark County poll worker acting illegally by asking people to place their ballots into a bag outside of a drop box.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/10/facebook-posts/social-media-video-doesnt-show-evidence-voter-frau/


claimant: The Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2022-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that the 2020 election was stolen are still false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A STOLEN ELECTION: State totals minus illegal ballot trafficking numbers give President Trump decisive victories in AZ, GA, MI, PA, and WI.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/04/gateway-pundit/claims-2020-election-was-stolen-are-still-false/


text: Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says people went out on their boats to watch Hurricane Harvey
review_date: 2018-06-07T19:47:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-people-went-out-their-boats-watc/


claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2023-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Magic Johnson did not contract HIV from a contaminated vaccine
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Magic Johnson tested positive for HIV "because Fauci’s gain of function study used a contaminated Hepatitis B vaccine."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/13/instagram-posts/magic-johnson-did-not-contract-hiv-contaminated-va/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trey Gowdy didn't write this COVID-19 conspiracy theory
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trey Gowdy said, “I’m not saying COVID-19 isn’t real…. But pay attention folks, there’s much more going on here than what meets the eye.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/facebook-posts/no-trey-gowdy-didnt-write-viral-facebook-post/


text: “Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Are coronavirus cases going down all over the US?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/28/donald-trump/are-coronavirus-cases-going-down-all-over-us/


claimant: Kevin de León
claim_date: 2017-08-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/aug/31/who-carries-out-more-terror-attacks-us-soil-right-/
title: Who carries out more terror attacks on U.S. soil: Right wing or Islamic extremists?
review_date: 2017-09-06T23:43:21Z
textual_rating: Evidence not clear cut
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Radical right wing terrorism is on the rise in our great country. And since 2008, terrorist attacks on the U.S. soil carried out by right-wing extremist groups, including white supremacists, outnumber those by Islamic jihadists by two to one."


text: "Undocumented immigrants pay $12 billion of taxes every single year."
claimant: María Teresa Kumar
claim_date: 2016-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: How much do undocumented immigrants pay in taxes?
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:12:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/02/maria-teresa-kumar/how-much-do-undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/18/donald-trump/trump-base-buffett-soros-deductions/
title: Trump off-base on Buffett, Soros deductions
review_date: 2016-10-18T21:01:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Many of (Hillary Clinton's) friends took bigger deductions (than me). Warren Buffett took a massive deduction. (George) Soros, who is a friend of hers, took a massive deduction."


claimant: Aaron Lieberman
claim_date: 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Neo-Nazi and racial discrimination claims in AZ governor’s race are Mostly False
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/12/aaron-lieberman/neo-nazi-and-racial-discrimination-claims-az-gover/


text: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Wisconsin legislators haven’t passed a bill in 6 months
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/07/facebook-posts/yes-wisconsin-legislators-havent-passed-bill-6-mon/


claimant: Robert Ortt
claim_date: 2020-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: New York Republican leader miscasts Democratic moves on tuition, scholarships
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/20/robert-ortt/new-york-republican-leader-miscasts-democratic-mov/


text: Says celebrities are calling for a "'total Hollywood strike' until Trump resigns."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: There’s still no evidence that Hollywood is striking because of Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/07/blog-posting/theres-still-no-evidence-hollywood-striking-becaus/


claimant: No on 60
claim_date: 2016-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Will California’s Prop 60 expose adult film workers to lawsuits?
review_date: 2016-09-02T17:55:35Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
California’s Prop 60, which would require condom use in adult films, would put "workers in the adult film industry at risk for lawsuits and harassment."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/02/no-60-campaign-against-condom-requirement-adult-fi/would-californias-prop-60-expose-adult-film-perfor/


claimant: West Virginia Democratic Party
claim_date: 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking median pay for black, Hispanic, Native American women
review_date: 2019-05-16T20:06:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/16/west-virginia-democratic-party/fact-checking-median-pay-black-hispanic-women/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fake tweets make claims about ivermectin studies that don’t exist
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Fox News and Candace Owens tweeted that “New studies show that 68% of those who used ivermectin to treat or prevent covid are suffering long-term bowel and urinary incontinence.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/facebook-posts/fake-tweets-make-claims-about-ivermectin-studies-d/


claimant: Andy Biggs
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: New York pension fund does not need a federal bailout
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/19/andy-biggs/new-york-pension-fund-does-not-need-federal-bailou/


text: Says he’s the one who gave the nickname “Mad Dog” to former Defense Secretary James Mattis.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that he gave Jim Mattis the nickname 'Mad Dog'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/04/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-he-gave-jim-mattis-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post about man who played BTS song during Muslim call to prayer is satire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Muslim BTS fan accidentally plays the song 'Dynamite' instead of Azaan on loudspeakers at 4am; gets arrested.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/01/instagram-posts/instagram-post-about-man-who-played-bts-song-durin/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Shinzo Abe was assassinated over his response to COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Shinzo Abe was assassinated because he “didn’t mandate vaccines, sent 1.6 million doses back and gave citizens ivermectin.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/11/instagram-posts/no-evidence-shinzo-abe-was-assassinated-over-his-r/


text: Says he and President Barack Obama have the same position on gay marriage.
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Gov. Chris Christie says he and Obama have same views on gay marriage
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:48:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/mar/25/chris-christie/gov-chris-christie-says-he-and-obama-have-same-vie/


claimant: Jeanne Sheehan
claim_date: 2017-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Senate Republicans did not use Rule 19 when Ted Cruz attacked Mitch McConnell
review_date: 2017-02-08T21:31:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Back when Ted Cruz called Mitch McConnell a liar on the floor of the Senate floor, nobody invoked Rule 19 to censor him."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/08/jeanne-shaheen/senate-republicans-didnt-use-rule-19-cruz-when-he-/


text: “Nancy Pelosi’s Brother’s Company Received $737 Million from Obama’s Energy Dept!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Obama’s Energy Department didn’t give $737 million to company employing Nancy Pelosi’s brother
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/facebook-posts/obamas-energy-department-didnt-give-737-million-co/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-09-21T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-09-25T22:17:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he "did not try to leave the scene of the accident" that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/25/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-claim-he-didnt-try-leave-drunk-drivin/

title:
Beto O'Rourke says he didn't try to leave DWI accident scene. Police cited witness saying otherwise.


text: On resigning her Texas House seat.
claimant: Dawnna Dukes
claim_date: 2017-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Full Flop: Dawnna Dukes sworn in after vowing to resign her Texas House seat
review_date: 2017-01-10T21:55:13Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/10/dawnna-dukes/full-flop-dawnna-dukes-sworn-after-vowing-resign-h/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2019-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Ted Cruz on apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As you know, we apprehended over 144,000 people in a single month. That is a pace, which if it continues for 12 months, would put us on a pace for nearly 2 million apprehensions on the border."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/27/ted-cruz/fact-checking-ted-cruz-apprehensions-us-mexico-bor/


text: “They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”
claimant: Steve Kirsch
claim_date: 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Contorted claim of children killed by COVID-19 vaccines is Pants on Fire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/21/steve-kirsch/contorted-claim-children-killed-covid-19-vaccines-/


claimant: Andrew Yang
claim_date: 2019-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Yang’s account of Hong Kong’s face-mask ban misses some details
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They banned face masks in Hong Kong. Why? Because they have AI technology that now is using facial recognition to identify protesters if they so much as do anything on the street, so they can follow up with them and detain them later."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/20/andrew-yang/yangs-account-hong-kongs-face-mask-ban-misses-some/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t trust this comparison of daily coronavirus deaths with other diseases
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/15/facebook-posts/dont-trust-comparison-daily-coronavirus-deaths-oth/


claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/29/fact-checking-sen-tim-scotts-gop-response-presiden/
title: Fact-checking Sen. Tim Scott's GOP response to President Joe Biden
review_date: 2021-04-29T04:50:26Z
textual_rating: Generally accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our public schools should have reopened months ago. .... Private and religious schools did. Science has shown for months that schools are safe."


text: “COVID19 PCR tests are scientifically meaningless.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 tests are not ‘scientifically meaningless’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/blog-posting/covid-19-tests-are-not-scientifically-meaningless/


text: Says Sen. Rob Portman said, "It would be irresponsible not to cut Medicare."
claimant: Ted Strickland
claim_date: 2016-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: In debate, Portman and Strickland spar over Medicare quote
review_date: 2016-10-20T00:19:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/ted-strickland/debate-portman-and-strickland-spar-over-medicare-q/


