# claims

text: Says Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt that shows Donald Trump firing a gun at himself
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump shirt on Whoopi Goldberg is doctored
review_date: 2018-05-30T20:55:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/30/viral-image/whoopi-goldberg-shirt-donald-trump-doctored/


text: Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up."
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Walker's overstated attack on governor rival Paul Soglin over business and murder in Madison
review_date: 2018-01-31T18:14:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/scott-walker/scott-walkers-overstated-attack-governor-rival-pau/


text: “50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”
claimant: Matthew Dowd
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: No proof for claim in wake of Uvalde that 50% of Texas guns sales lack background checks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/25/matthew-dowd/no-proof-claim-wake-uvalde-50-texas-guns-sales-lac/


claimant: Nikki Fried
claim_date: 2021-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Nikki Fried’s attack on Ron DeSantis about taxes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/15/nikki-fried/fact-checking-nikki-frieds-attack-desantis-about-t/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, hackers aren’t posting ‘sexual videos and pictures’ on your wall that you can’t see
review_date: 2019-04-03T19:37:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/facebook-posts/no-hackers-arent-posting-sexual-videos-pictures/


text: A Florida millionaire was arrested after admitting to burying more than 700 bodies on his property.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Florida man didn’t admit to burying hundreds of bodies on his property
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/25/viral-image/no-florida-man-didnt-admit-burying-hundreds-bodies/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: CDC says more young people hospitalized from vaccine than COVID-19 itself? False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“CDC officials admit more hospitalizations of young people from vaccine than from the actual COVID virus.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/30/instagram-posts/cdc-says-more-young-people-hospitalized-vaccine-co/


text: “Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pfizer’s head of research didn’t say the COVID-19 vaccine will make women infertile
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/10/blog-posting/no-pfizers-head-research-didnt-say-covid-19-vaccin/


text: "One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says 1 out of 5 can't afford prescription drugs
review_date: 2019-05-06T21:35:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/06/bernie-sanders/sanders-1-out-5-cant-afford-prescription-drugs/


text: Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: FACT CHECK: Did Kamala Harris really disagree with Obama’s deportation policy?
review_date: 2019-06-29T02:16:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/28/kamala-harris/fact-check-did-kamala-harris-really-disagree-obama/


text: Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."
claimant: Restoration PAC
claim_date: 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Early attack ad says Tammy Baldwin backed letting citizens 'withhold funding' from troops
review_date: 2017-04-05T20:40:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/05/restoration-pac/early-attack-ad-says-tammy-baldwin-backed-letting-/


text: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2015-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Obama called potential attack on Syria a 'pinprick,' Rubio says
review_date: 2016-06-23T18:39:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/sep/18/marco-rubio/obama-called-potential-attack-syria-pinprick-rubio/


claimant: Hal Turner
claim_date: 2021-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, a video doesn’t prove the COVID-19 vaccines allow people to be tracked through a 5G network.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
People with the COVID-19 vaccine are being "tracked in real time via 5G cellular, and all that data can be hacked into to track you."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/hal-turner-radio-show/no-video-doesnt-prove-covid-19-vaccines-allow-peop/


text: Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "denies that there's such a thing as evolution."
claimant: Jerry Brown
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Pence dodges question but doesn’t outright 'deny’ evolution
review_date: 2016-07-29T20:46:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/jerry-brown/jerry-brown-makes-true-claim-mike-pence-denies-evo/


text: A recent photo shows the “Russian Orthodox Church blessing a rocket called Satan.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a recent photo of Russian priests blessing 'Satan'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/18/facebook-posts/no-isnt-recent-photo-russian-priests-blessing-sata/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2017-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Will Philly’s murder rate be the highest this decade, as AG Jeff Sessions said?
review_date: 2017-07-25T14:04:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Preliminary murder rates in Philadelphia "will put the murder rate at the highest of this decade in the city."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/24/jeff-sessions/will-phillys-murder-rate-be-highest-decade-ag-jeff/


claimant: Stanley Litow
claim_date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Strong support for notion that a bachelor’s degree means $1 million more in lifetime income
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/stanley-litow/strong-support-for-notion-that-a-bachelors-degree/


claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez overplays defense budget increase
review_date: 2018-08-01T15:54:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just last year we gave the military a $700 billion budget increase, which they didn’t even ask for."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-defense-budget/


claimant: Katie Pavlich
claim_date: 2017-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did Obama pardon a terrorist and a traitor, as Katie Pavlich said?
review_date: 2017-08-30T13:21:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/30/katie-pavlich/did-obama-pardon-terrorist-and-traitor-katie-pavli/


text: How unpopular is the Obamacare individual mandate?
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: How unpopular is the Obamacare individual mandate?
review_date: 2017-11-14T22:56:56Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/14/donald-trump/how-unpopular-obamacare-individual-mandate/


text: Says "46 percent of people believe major national news organizations fabricate stories about me."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: More to the story on poll Donald Trump tweeted about media trust
review_date: 2017-10-24T22:28:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/24/donald-trump/trump-says-46-people-think-media-make-news-about-h/


claimant: dailynewsforamericans.com
claim_date: 2017-11-23T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Tina Turner is thankful for Donald Trump
review_date: 2017-11-29T16:52:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Singer Tina Turner said, "This Thanksgiving Is The First Time in 8 Years That I am Thankful For Our President, God Bless Him And His Supporters."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/29/dailynewsforamericanscom/no-evidence-tina-turner-thankful-donald-trump/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump strays from key facts on Hillary Clinton 'amnesty,' social programs for immigrants
review_date: 2016-09-02T21:15:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-strays-key-facts-hillary-clinton-amne/


claimant: Anthony Weiner
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Anthony Weiner lacks collateral in claim about Donald Trump's loan sources
review_date: 2016-08-08T16:11:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/08/anthony-weiner/anthony-weiner-lacks-collateral-claim-about-donald/


text: No one has died from the coronavirus in the United States.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Nine people have died from the coronavirus in the United States
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/03/instagram-posts/nine-people-have-died-coronavirus-united-states/


text: Former President Barack Obama “removed 500,000 pedophiles from background check database.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Claim misrepresents removal of 500,000 fugitives from background check database
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/31/instagram-posts/claim-misrepresents-removal-of-500000-fugitives-fr/


text: "Pre-K has gone down since the current mayor took office."
claimant: Dorothy Brown
claim_date: 2018-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Chicago’s pre-K program is not in decline
review_date: 2018-07-30T13:39:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/29/dorothy-brown/no-chicagos-pre-k-program-not-decline/


text: Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*"
claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2020-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders has taken corporate lobbyist money — in small amounts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/


claimant: Lucy McBath
claim_date: 2020-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath cherry picks in attack on Karen Handel over CDC funding
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Karen Handel "slashed the Centers for Disease Control's ability to fight diseases, cutting millions in research funding."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/lucy-mcbath/georgia-rep-lucy-mcbath-cherry-picks-attack-karen-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-03-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/26/fact-checking-trumps-false-and-misleading-statemen/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s false and misleading claims in Waco, Texas, rally
review_date: 2023-03-26T19:25:33Z
textual_rating: Some promises kept
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every promise I made to you as a candidate, I fulfilled as your president. Promises made, promises kept. I promised to end NAFTA and I did."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says he always felt coronavirus was a pandemic. He didn’t talk that way
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/donald-trump/trump-says-he-always-felt-coronavirus-was-pandemic/


text: A photo shows a $123,199 turkey for sale at Target “this year.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: $123,000 turkey? Viral photo of pricey Target turkey is several years old, shows pricing error
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/19/facebook-posts/123000-turkey-viral-photo-pricey-target-turkey-sev/


claimant: Darrin Madison
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Madison is half-right on claim about GOP’s cash bail bill
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/17/darrin-madison/madison-is-half-right-on-claim-about-gops-cash-bai/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Did Russ Feingold break promise to fund campaign primarily in state?
review_date: 2016-09-08T15:25:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Russ Feingold broke his 1992 promise to always get the majority of funding from Wisconsin residents.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/07/ron-johnson/feingold-broke-promise-fund-campaign-primarily-sta/


text: "90% of rural women and 55% of all women are illiterate" in Morocco.
claimant: Snapchat
claim_date: 2016-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Snapchat highlights decades old data as part of Michelle Obama visit to Morocco
review_date: 2016-07-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/14/snapchat/snapchat-highlights-decades-old-data-part-michelle/


text: "Crime has been getting worse since Jerry Brown was elected governor."
claimant: John Moorlach
claim_date: 2017-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Has crime been getting worse in California since Jerry Brown was elected governor?
review_date: 2017-08-23T23:38:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/22/john-moorlach/has-crime-been-getting-worse-jerry-brown-was-elect/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Henry Kissinger did not say what you think he said about Trump
review_date: 2019-01-16T20:09:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Henry Kissinger said "Trump is the one true leader in world affairs and he is forcing policy changes that put America first!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/14/blog-posting/henry-kissinger-did-not-say-what-you-think-he-said/


text: Says "the New York Times wrote about" Barack Obama wiretapping Donald Trump during the election.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says he learned Obama tapped his phones from the New York Times
review_date: 2017-03-16T18:29:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/16/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-he-learned-obama-tapped-his-phon/


claimant: Mike Conaway
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/20/fact-checking-gordon-sondland-impeachment-hearing-/
title: Fact-checking the Gordon Sondland impeachment hearing about Trump, Ukraine
review_date: 2019-11-20T22:23:25Z
textual_rating: Schiff's evidence is weak
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'd like to enter into the record a Washington Post article from today headlined, ‘Schiff’s claim that the whistleblower has a ‘statutory right’ to anonymity.’"


claimant: Eric Toney
claim_date: 2021-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Atty. Gen. candidate says he’s 'the only front-line prosecutor' that’s used Crime Lab
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/13/eric-toney/atty-gen-candidate-says-hes-only-front-line-prosec/


text: Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Michigan's COVID-19 order doesn’t ban gardening or sale of seeds and fruit
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/facebook-posts/covid-order-doesnt-ban-gardening-or-sale-seeds-and/


text: “Military rescues tortured children from tunnel beneath Capitol Hill.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, tortured children weren’t rescued from the Capitol tunnel system
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/08/blog-posting/no-toturted-children-werent-rescued-capitol-tunnel/


claimant: Terry McAuliffe
claim_date: 2019-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: McAuliffe falsely claims he inherited $2.4 billion debt left by GOP
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/25/terry-mcauliffe/mcauliffe-falsely-claims-he-inherited-24-billion-d/


claimant: Amanda Carpenter
claim_date: 2017-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Given Roy Moore's troubles, could Luther Strange run as a write-in candidate in Alabama?
review_date: 2017-11-15T01:04:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are ‘sore loser’ laws that would bar Luther Strange from pursuing a seat" because he already lost the Alabama Republican Senate runoff to Roy Moore.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/14/amanda-carpenter/given-roy-moores-troubles-could-luther-strange-run/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2009-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Rep. Mike Pence says CBO confirms GOP health plan reduces insurance premiums up to 10 percent
review_date: 2016-07-15T14:34:59Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2009/nov/06/mike-pence/us-rep-mike-pence-says-cbo-confirms-gop-health-pla/


claimant: Vote No On 2
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-05-20T15:01:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Amendment 2 will put almost 2,000 pot shops in Florida ... more pot shops than Walmart and Walgreens combined."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/19/vote-no-2/medical-marijuana-dispensaries-will-outnumber-walm/

title:
Medical marijuana dispensaries will outnumber Walmarts and Walgreens in Florida, anti-pot group says


text: A photo shows "Kurdish kids" after Turkey’s invasion.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: These photos are of Palestinian and Syrian children, not 'Kurdish kids' after Turkey’s invasion
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/21/viral-image/these-photos-are-palestinian-and-syrian-children-n/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence of pilots dying on flights from COVID-19 vaccine effects
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Healthy pilots are suffering from myocarditis and dropping dead on flights” because of the COVID-19 vaccines.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/28/instagram-posts/no-evidence-of-pilots-dying-on-flights-from-covid/


text: Video shows John F. Kennedy Jr. at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, JFK Jr. didn’t attend Donald Trump’s inauguration
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/12/viral-image/no-jfk-jr-didnt-attend-donald-trumps-inauguration/


text: “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Twitter is ‘completely stifling free speech’ by fact-checking him
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/27/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-claim-twitter-completely-stiflin/


claimant: John Kelly
claim_date: 2017-05-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/sep/06/immigration-detention-expansion/
title: How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report
review_date: 2017-09-06T20:15:45Z
textual_rating: Hard to confirm
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"ICE detention standards are well beyond the standards that even the Federal Bureau of Prisons has in terms of prisoner or detainee, in this case, housing and care."


text: “Governor Kate Brown wants to make Oregon’s mask mandate PERMANENT.”
claimant: Christine Drazan
claim_date: 2022-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Explaining Oregon's 'permanent' mask mandate in context
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/07/christine-drazan/bringing-more-context-light-about-permanent-mandat/


claimant: Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
claim_date: 2017-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: The bad math behind 3 PA GOP congressmen’s Obamacare claim
review_date: 2017-02-24T16:07:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/24/reps-keith-rothfus-mike-kelly-and-bill-shuster/bad-math-behind-3-pa-gop-congressmens-obamacare-cl/


text: Says officials in Washington, D.C., are “jamming all communications.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: How a false conspiracy theory about a Washington communications blackout went viral on Twitter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/02/tweets/how-false-conspiracy-theory-about-washington-commu/


claimant: Opportunity Wisconsin
claim_date: 2022-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson benefited from tax cut, but it's not a loophole
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ron Johnson pushed through a special tax loophole that benefited his own family's business, then he cashed out of the company for $5 million and he "has doubled his wealth since taking office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/27/opportunity-wisconsin/johnson-benefitted-tax-cut-its-not-loophole/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Claim tornado planned for Pfizer insurance money unfounded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The tornado that destroyed a Pfizer building in North Carolina was orchestrated using weather manipulation to provide “an insurance claim for big pharma.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/instagram-posts/claim-tornado-planned-for-pfizer-insurance-money-u/


text: "While southern Illinois families struggled," Mike Bost "voted to raise his own pay."
claimant: Brendan Kelly
claim_date: 2018-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: In Illinois, Brendan Kelly wants to cash in on a Mike Bost vote
review_date: 2018-10-03T14:29:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/03/brendan-kelly/illinois-brendan-kelly-wants-cash-mike-bost-vote/


text: "Gov. Evers asked the director of WEDC to stay on"
claimant: Alberta Darling
claim_date: 2019-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Darling whiffs on claim about Evers and state jobs agency
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/alberta-darling/darling-whiffs-claim-about-evers-and-state-jobs-ag/


text: "Whoopi Goldberg humiliated, handcuffed and dragged out of the TV studio."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news wrongly says Whoopi Goldberg arrested for running puppy mill
review_date: 2017-08-16T20:09:54Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/16/blog-posting/fake-news-wrongly-says-whoopi-goldberg-arrested-ru/


claimant: Travis Forward
claim_date: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Travis Forward PAC inaccurately says proposed county bonds won't tax older taxpayers
review_date: 2017-10-25T22:07:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/25/travis-forward/travis-forward-pac-inaccurately-says-proposed-coun/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: We heard no clapping; there’s no ovation in mashup of ex-Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s House speeches
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn receiving an “ovation” after confronting U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/08/facebook-posts/we-heard-no-clapping-theres-no-ovation-in-mashup-o/


text: "Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.”
claimant: Tom Nelson
claim_date: 2021-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Nelson flubs comparison between student loan debt, real wages
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/21/tom-nelson/nelson-flubs-comparison-between-student-loan-debt-/


text: "October 2013, Obama shut down the government for 16 days to force Obamacare."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-22T00:00:00Z
title: Obama 2013 and Trump 2018. Are the shutdowns the same? Not exactly
review_date: 2019-01-02T20:21:25Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/02/blog-posting/obama-2013-and-trump-2018-are-shutdowns-same/


text: "The first tweet was sent from Austin."
claimant: Steve Adler
claim_date: 2017-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Steve Adler wrongly claims first tweet was sent from Austin
review_date: 2016-05-20T22:10:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/20/steve-adler/steve-adler-ridiculously-claims-first-tweet-was-se/


text: Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows Schiff’s ‘Little Brother,’ not a child he killed
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/06/viral-image/photo-shows-schiffs-little-brother-not-a-child-he/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s false claim about when Trump campaign called for Supreme Court list
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/22/joe-biden/bidens-false-claim-about-when-trump-campaign-calle/


text: "Joe Biden just confirmed that he is running for president in 2020 and it has America applauding!"
claimant: Realtimepolitics
claim_date: 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden hasn't confirmed he is running for president in 2020
review_date: 2018-03-06T20:05:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/06/realtimepolitics/joe-biden-hasnt-confirmed-he-running-president-202/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/aug/22/fact-checking-donald-trumps-rally-charleston-wva/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va.
review_date: 2018-08-22T02:46:27Z
textual_rating: Wrong, again and again
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"United States Steel announced a massive infusion of cash. They are opening seven different plants."


claimant: Michael Moore
claim_date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore incorrectly claims AR-15 bullets banned by Geneva Convention
review_date: 2016-06-23T13:58:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting "is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins & explodes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/23/michael-moore/liberal-filmmaker-michael-moore-says-ar-15-bullets/


text: Says a list of prominent Democrats have concealed their "real names" from the public.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Post on prominent Democrats concealing their ‘real names’ is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/24/facebook-posts/post-prominent-democrats-concealing-their-real-nam/


text: Viral image of homeless camp is old photo of Paris – not present day Los Angeles
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image of homeless camp is old photo of Paris – not present day Los Angeles
review_date: 2019-02-19T21:55:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/19/viral-image/viral-image-homeless-camp-old-photo-paris-not-pres/


text: A photo shows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her legs spread.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not photographed holding her legs open
review_date: 2019-02-27T16:18:45Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/26/viral-image/no-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-was-not-photographed-h/


text: "We’ve started building the wall."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly claims border wall is under construction
review_date: 2018-04-04T16:01:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/04/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-claims-border-wall-under-cons/


text: "We’ve started building the wall."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump says his ‘beautiful wall’ is being built. Nope.
review_date: 2018-04-05T10:53:29Z
textual_rating: Three Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/04/05/president-trump-says-his-beautiful-wall-is-being-built-nope/


claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2019-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Is Jim Justice right about growth in West Virginia tourism?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a new annual report shows that "West Virginia’s tourism industry has grown for the second consecutive year, reversing years of decline and outpacing national growth by 58 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/17/jim-justice/jim-justice-right-about-growth-west-virginia-touri/


claimant: Mandela Barnes
claim_date: 2022-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Barnes team misfires on claim Johnson voted against law enforcement
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ron Johnson has voted against funding for law enforcement and recently opposed a plan to recruit and train new officers "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/30/mandela-barnes/barnes-team-misfires-claim-johnson-voted-against-l/


text: “100% of COVID deaths in Canada now due to mRNA vaccine.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Have COVID-19 vaccines caused all COVID-19 deaths in Canada? No
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/have-covid-19-vaccines-caused-all-covid-19-deaths/


text: Says he "started" the Pacur plastics manufacturing company he owns.
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: The incomplete claim that Sen. Ron Johnson 'started' Pacur, his plastics manufacturing company
review_date: 2016-05-10T20:41:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/04/ron-johnson/incomplete-claim-sen-ron-johnson-started-pacur-his/


claimant: Laura Ingraham
claim_date: 2021-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Laura Ingraham’s claim about immigrants staying in hotels
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/15/laura-ingraham/fact-checking-laura-ingrahams-claim-about-immigran/


text: Says he was "not part of transferring" any priests accused of sexual abuse.
claimant: Matt Flynn
claim_date: 2018-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Matt Flynn heavily involved in priest abuse cases, but was he part of transferring accused priests?
review_date: 2018-08-10T19:30:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/10/matt-flynn/matt-flynn-heavily-involved-priest-abuse-cases-was/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/12/fact-checking-president-trumps-nato-summit-news-co/
title: Fact-checking President Trump’s NATO summit news conference in Brussels
review_date: 2018-07-12T21:47:20Z
textual_rating: Already trending up
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Prior to last year where I attended my first meeting, it was going down, the amount of money being spent by countries was going down and down very substantially, and now it's going up very substantially."


text: In Georgia, "25 percent of rural residents" are "without access to high speed internet."
claimant: Brian Kemp
claim_date: 2018-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Do 25 percent of rural Georgia residents lack high-speed internet?
review_date: 2018-02-12T15:37:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/12/brian-kemp/does-25-percent-rural-georgia-lack-access-high-spe/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan's partially accurate claim on the Republican replacement for Obamacare lowering premiums
review_date: 2017-03-14T19:27:30Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/14/paul-ryan/paul-ryans-partially-accurate-claim-republican-rep/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Congress did not give itself a raise in the coronavirus stimulus package
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act gives members of Congress a pay increase.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/30/facebook-posts/congress-did-not-give-itself-raise-coronavirus-sti/


text: A video shows former President Barack Obama referring to his wife, Michelle as “Michael.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Video does not show Obama calling his wife ‘Michael’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/23/facebook-posts/video-does-not-show-obama-calling-his-wife-michael/


text: “Iceland declares all religions are mental disorders.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Iceland didn’t call religions ‘mental disorders’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/28/viral-image/no-iceland-didnt-call-religions-mental-disorders/


text: Students have to repeat the same grade next year.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for these hoaxes about students having to repeat their grade
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/31/facebook-posts/dont-fall-these-hoaxes-about-students-having-repea/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, the White House didn’t change the definition of “recession”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/27/instagram-posts/no-white-house-didnt-change-definition-recession/


text: Video shows former President Donald Trump addressing the nation on June 16.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Old video doesn’t show a recent Donald Trump speech, but a Facebook post claims otherwise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/facebook-posts/old-video-doesnt-show-a-recent-donald-trump-speech/


claimant: Lloyd Doggett
claim_date: 2017-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/nov/28/house-and-senate-tax-bills-overview/
title: The House and Senate tax bills, explained
review_date: 2017-11-27T22:07:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."


claimant: Lloyd Doggett
claim_date: 2017-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: How much does the Trump family have to gain from GOP tax bills?
review_date: 2017-11-27T22:07:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/27/lloyd-doggett/how-much-does-trump-family-have-gain-gop-tax-bills/


claimant: Sid Miller
claim_date: 2019-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did two congressional acts give Confederate veterans federal benefits?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/15/sid-miller/did-congressional-acts-give-confederate-veterans-f/


text: "Muslims offended that their kids have to recite national anthem."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Muslims offended their kids have to sing the national anthem? That was an Australian controversy
review_date: 2017-02-21T21:17:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/21/blog-posting/muslims-objecting-kids-singing-national-anthem-was/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong about how long GOP held Alabama Senate seat
review_date: 2018-01-03T22:46:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Senate seat won in a special election by a Democrat had been "held for more than thirty years by Republicans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/03/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-about-length-time-gop-held-alab/


text: The Trump administration put secret watermarks on official ballots to trick cheating Democrats.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Did President Trump issue secret watermarks on ballots? No, that’s another QAnon conspiracy theory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/facebook-posts/did-president-trump-issue-secret-watermarks-ballot/


claimant: Sherrod Brown
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Are Koch-backed groups spending most for Ohio Senate race?
review_date: 2016-07-29T05:56:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Koch network (is) spending more money (in a Senate race) in Ohio than anywhere else in the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/sherrod-brown/are-koch-backed-groups-spending-most-ohio-senate-r/


text: Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.”
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz falsely claims Philadelphia is counting votes in ‘shroud of darkness’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-falsely-claims-philadelphia-counting-vote/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Did Betty White say she got her COVID-19 booster days before she died? No, the quote is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Betty White said Dec. 28, days before she died, “Eat healthy and get all your vaccines. I just got boosted today.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/03/facebook-posts/did-betty-white-say-she-got-her-covid-19-booster-d/


text: Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general.
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris claimed she ‘sued Exxon Mobil’ as California AG. She didn’t.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-said-she-sued-exxon-mobil-california/


claimant: Matt Flynn
claim_date: 2017-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Are wages under Scott Walker less than under Jim Doyle, as Democrat for governor Matt Flynn says?
review_date: 2017-11-17T17:32:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/17/matt-flynn/wages-under-scott-walker-less-under-jim-doyle-demo/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Did Hillary Clinton say Bernie Sanders 'not qualified' to be president? Not directly
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:20:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, 'not qualified to be president.' "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/07/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-not-qualified-be-president-hillary-/


text: The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation nowhere near as lengthy as the one for 9/11
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/30/facebook-posts/jan-6-capitol-attack-investigation-nowhere-near-le/


text: Say Jeffrey Epstein is not dead.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Epstein not dead? Conspiracy theories abound
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/12/blog-posting/epstein-not-dead-conspiracy-theories-abound/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, police are not warning the public about gangs throwing eggs on windshields
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says police are warning that a new technique by gangs is to throw eggs at your windshield and to not "operate the wiper" because it will "block your vision up to 92.5%," forcing you to stop the car and become a victim.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/25/facebook-posts/no-police-are-not-warning-public-about-gangs-throw/


text: "We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
claimant: Eric Holcomb
claim_date: 2017-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Indiana governor right to gloat about union jobs success
review_date: 2017-11-03T16:32:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/03/eric-holcomb/indiana-governor-right-gloat-about-union-jobs-succ/


claimant: Rick Kriseman
claim_date: 2017-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Is the new St. Pete police station under budget and ahead of schedule?
review_date: 2017-08-25T15:34:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’ve got a police station that’s under construction right now, they are actually ahead of schedule and under budget."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/24/rick-kriseman/new-st-pete-police-station-under-budget-and-ahead-/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/sep/02/fact-checking-joe-bidens-speech-about-democracy-20/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms
review_date: 2022-09-02T19:55:25Z
textual_rating: This is speculative
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards — backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on voter turnout in 2020
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/13/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-voter-turnout-2020/


claimant: Ilhan Omar
claim_date: 2019-03-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/14/context-some-people-did-something/
title: In context: ‘Some people did something’
review_date: 2019-04-14T23:09:13Z
textual_rating: Needs full context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
CAIR "recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joseph Stalin didn't say this statement about elections
review_date: 2019-04-02T15:30:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/viral-image/no-joseph-stalin-didnt-say-statement-about-electio/


text: Video shows the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a “completely peaceful protest.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 wasn’t a ‘completely peaceful protest’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/04/blog-posting/no-riot-capitol-jan-6-wasnt-completely-peaceful-pr/


text: Says a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops”
claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2020-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Congressman Grothman's bad-cop bill didn’t change the process
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/26/glenn-grothman/wisconsin-congressman-grothmans-bad-cop-bill-didnt/


claimant: Derrick Johnson
claim_date: 2017-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: NAACP president is partially accurate on stops and searches statistic
review_date: 2017-09-18T14:44:53Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/18/derrick-johnson/naacp-president-partially-accurate-stops-and-searc/


text: "Trump votes for death penalty for being gay."
claimant: WashingtonSources
claim_date: 2018-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn't vote for death penalty for gay people
review_date: 2018-05-10T16:38:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/10/washingtonsources/no-trump-didnt-vote-death-penalty-gay-people/


text: "So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."
claimant: Claudia Tenney
claim_date: 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Do many mass shooters 'end up being Democrats', as Rep. Tenney said? No
review_date: 2018-02-23T17:56:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/23/claudia-tenney/do-many-mass-shooters-end-being-democrats-rep-tenn/


claimant: Pat McCrory
claim_date: 2016-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Pat McCrory is wrong when he says North Carolina's new LGBT law doesn't take away existing rights
review_date: 2016-03-31T19:12:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have not taken away any rights that have currently existed in any city in North Carolina" with the passage of HB2.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/30/pat-mccrory/pat-mccrory-wrong-when-he-says-north-carolinas-new/


text: Magnet video proves COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, these magnet videos don’t prove the COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/17/viral-image/no-these-videos-dont-prove-covid-19-vaccines-conta/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Drinking water does not prevent coronavirus infection
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/facebook-posts/drinking-water-does-not-prevent-coronavirus-infect/


text: "70 percent of Americans believe in improved and expanded Medicare for All."
claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Ocasio-Cortez says there is 70% support for Medicare for All
review_date: 2019-02-06T21:47:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ocasio-cortez-70-support-medicare-all/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence said Joe Biden copied Trump’s pandemic response plan. Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The reality is when you look at the Biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what President Trump and I and our task force have been doing every step of the way.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/mike-pence/pence-said-biden-copied-trumps-pandemic-response-p/


text: Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2017-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: In the case of Dontre Hamilton, did Milwaukee police shoot a man for resting in a park?
review_date: 2017-08-01T17:18:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/01/gwen-moore/case-dontre-hamilton-did-milwaukee-police-shoot-ma/


text: “Boom! Georgia 1st to decertify election.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Georgia decertified the election is a Pants on Fire falsehood
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/facebook-posts/claim-georgia-decertified-election-pants-fire-fals/


claimant: Mitt Romney
claim_date: 2010-03-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/mar/15/mitt-romney/obama-remarks-never-true-apology/
title: Obama's remarks never a true 'apology'
review_date: 2016-08-15T20:07:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."


claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2017-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Torching Greg Abbott's claim Travis County sheriff declared she wouldn't hold violent criminals
review_date: 2017-05-18T20:25:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez "declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/17/greg-abbott/torching-greg-abbotts-claim-travis-county-sheriff-/


claimant: Marianne Williamson
claim_date: 2019-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. spends 1,000 times more on war than peace, presidential candidate Marianne Williamson says
review_date: 2019-04-15T20:35:19Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/15/marianne-williamson/us-spends-1000-times-more-war-peace-presidential-c/


text: "FBI uncovers evidence that 62 million Trump voters are all Russian agents!"
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fake story about Trump voters being Russian agents started on white supremacist website
review_date: 2017-05-17T20:31:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/17/blog-posting/fake-story-about-trump-voters-being-russian-agents/


claimant: Roy Blunt
claim_date: 2021-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Roy Blunt incompletely characterizes Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate proposal
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The proposal by President Joe Biden would put the U.S. “No. 2 in the world” for the highest corporate tax rate.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/06/roy-blunt/roy-blunts-incompletely-characterizes-joe-bidens-c/


claimant: J.D. Vance
claim_date: 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/oct/18/fact-checking-jd-vance-and-tim-ryan-ohio-senate-de/
title: Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate
review_date: 2022-10-18T02:37:47Z
textual_rating: Omits context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Tim Ryan "says he challenged Nancy Pelosi for leadership, but then he goes on national TV and says that he loves her."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Police say this threat about Walmart shootings in Lubbock, Texas, is a hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A man arrested by Lubbock, Texas, police for a gun threat said "his accomplices will be going to different Wal-Mart stores and shooting."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/16/viral-image/police-say-warning-about-walmart-shootings-lubbock/


text: An image shows gas prices on Jan. 6, 2021.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image of gas prices is from 2015, not Jan. 6, 2021
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/viral-image/viral-image-gas-prices-2015-not-jan-6-2021/


text: Democrats "don’t want money" to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly says Democrats oppose hurricane disaster aid for Florida
review_date: 2019-05-09T21:14:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/09/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-says-democrats-oppose-hurricane-disa/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Widespread Facebook post overstates Canadian government’s coronavirus response
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/25/facebook-posts/widespread-facebook-post-overstates-canadian-gover/


text: Says Hillary Clinton has "not answered a single question" about her immigration plan.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly claims Hillary Clinton has not talked immigration
review_date: 2016-09-09T18:06:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/09/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-hillary-clinton-has/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: When Joe Biden was asked if he would veto Medicare for All, he punted
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/facebook-posts/when-biden-was-asked-if-he-would-veto-medicare-all/


text: “My wife is suffering from coronavirus and she is pregnant. The doctor said she won’t survive it.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of a pregnant woman with COVID-19
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/21/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-pregnant-woman-covid-19/


text: “9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Post wrongly mixes up Facebook tally of registered voters
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/01/facebook-posts/facebook-didnt-report-nearly-10-million-registered/


text: Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Is Saudi Arabia to thank for lower oil prices, as Donald Trump said?
review_date: 2018-11-26T21:24:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/26/donald-trump/saudi-arabia-thank-lower-oil-prices-donald-trump-s/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Kaine: Trump said undocumented immigrants 'will all be gone'
review_date: 2016-10-05T04:07:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When Donald Trump spoke in Phoenix, he looked the audience in the eye and he said ‘no, we're building a wall and we're deporting everybody.’ He said, quote, ‘they will all be gone. They will all be gone.’ This is one of the ones where you can go to the tape on it and see what Donald Trump has said."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/tim-kaine/Kaine-Trump-said-undocumented-immigrants-will-al/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Masks for COVID-19 are effective, as a six-part Facebook takedown fails
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wearing masks for the coronavirus “decreases oxygen intake, increases toxin inhalation, shuts down immune system, increases virus risk, scientifically inaccurate, effectiveness not studied.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/facebook-posts/masks-covid-19-are-effective-six-part-facebook-tak/


claimant: Carol Miller
claim_date: 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Have U.S. natural gas exports exceeded their imports?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/carol-miller/have-us-natural-gas-exports-exceeded-their-imports/


claimant: AFSCME
claim_date: 2016-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: The story behind an attack ad’s blast of Pat Toomey’s plan for Social Security
review_date: 2016-10-21T14:44:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Because as a Senator Toomey stood up for Wall Street. He wanted to privatize Social Security and invest it in the stock market. Wall Street would make billions in fees even if the stock market crashed. "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/21/afscme/story-behind-attack-ads-blast-pat-toomeys-plan-soc/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did trade deficit cause slow growth in 2016, as Donald Trump tweeted?
review_date: 2017-04-27T19:20:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/donald-trump/did-trade-deficit-cause-slow-growth-2016-donald-tr/


claimant: Tulsi Gabbard
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/31/fact-checking-democratic-debate-detroit-night-two/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two
review_date: 2019-08-01T04:04:34Z
textual_rating: Handled by lower-level attorneys
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Harris "put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t say this about the Bible
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/29/facebook-posts/no-marjorie-taylor-greene-didnt-say-about-bible/


text: Says Hillary Clinton "viciously" attacked women abused by Bill Clinton.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says Clinton viciously attacked those who charged abuse by Bill
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-viciously-attack/


claimant: Todd Starnes
claim_date: 2019-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Texas school district did not adopt pornographic sex ed curriculum
review_date: 2019-12-18T16:14:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/19/todd-starnes/no-texas-school-district-did-not-adopt-pornographi/


claimant: Desmond Meade
claim_date: 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Driving with suspended license can lead to loss of voting rights for felon, advocate says
review_date: 2017-05-26T13:21:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You could lose your rights for life over something as simple as driving with a suspended license" in Florida.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/25/desmond-meade/driving-suspended-license-can-lead-loss-voting-rig/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: These supposed CNN chyrons are fake, according to the network
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo shows CNN chyrons that read, "Democrats ask, ‘Why even have a Second Amendment?'" and "CNN Exclusive: China cracks down on pro democracy demonstrators."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/viral-image/these-supposed-cnn-chyrons-are-fake-according-netw/


claimant: Rebecca Dallet
claim_date: 2018-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Did Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock 'vow to uphold' the NRA platform?
review_date: 2018-03-14T16:28:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/14/rebecca-dallet/did-wisconsin-supreme-court-candidate-michael-scre/


text: “Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts falsely name 22-year-old as Michigan gunman. Police say it was Anthony McRae, 43
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/15/social-media/social-media-posts-falsely-name-22-year-old-michig/


text: In Michigan “we have over-votes in numerous precincts of 150%, 200%, and 300%.”
claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2020-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Giuliani cites affidavit with crucial errors in press conference
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/20/rudy-giuliani/giuliani-cites-affidavit-crucial-errors-press-conf/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about breast cancer deaths wildly misstates American Cancer Society data
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video suggests COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for breast cancer deaths in women under age 45 rising from 26,000 in 2021 to 297,000 in 2023.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/29/instagram-posts/claim-about-breast-cancer-deaths-wildly-misstates/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Amy Coney Barrett said a woman needs a man’s permission to own property
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/30/facebook-posts/no-proof-amy-coney-barrett-said-woman-needs-mans-p/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2015-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: At debate, Rubio calls tally of financial mishaps a pack of 'discredited attacks'
review_date: 2016-06-23T18:18:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included "discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/30/marco-rubio/debate-rubio-calls-tally-financial-mishaps-pack-di/


text: "There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States
claimant: Charles Ramsey
claim_date: 2016-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: How many police departments are in the United States?
review_date: 2016-07-11T14:03:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/10/charles-ramsey/how-many-police-departments-are-us/


claimant: Ted Lieu
claim_date: 2017-08-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/aug/10/nuclear-strike-against-north-korea-constitutional-/
title: A Trump nuclear strike against North Korea: constitutional or not?
review_date: 2017-08-10T21:39:42Z
textual_rating: Follows 1946 law
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Right now one person can launch thousands of nuclear weapons, and that's the president. No one can stop him."


text: The wildfires in Canada were planned.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence wildfires in Canada were set intentionally
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/08/tiktok-posts/no-evidence-wildfires-in-canada-were-set-intention/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2021-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders on pharmaceutical lobbying pushback
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The pharmaceutical industry has 1,400 lobbyists on Capitol Hill right now trying to stop" Medicare drug price negotiation.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-pharma-lobbying-pushback/


text: Nicole Schwab said, “Permanent climate lockdowns coming — whether you like it or not.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Klaus Schwab’s daughter warned of climate lockdowns is from misinformation site
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/03/instagram-posts/claim-that-klaus-schwabs-daughter-warned-of-climat/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/may/11/what-kind-of-a-woman-fact-checking-donald-trumps-f/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s CNN town hall claims on Jan. 6, abortion, Mar-a-Lago documents
review_date: 2023-05-11T03:46:43Z
textual_rating: That's not how it works
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Classified documents "become automatically declassified when I took them" after leaving the White House.


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: The White House did not issue ‘official’ warning about imminent attack to critical infrastructure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The White House delivered an “official statement” July 28 that we “need to be getting prepared for something big to happen, potentially to our critical infrastructure.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/02/facebook-posts/the-white-house-did-not-issue-official-warning-abo/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: 'I’ve been proven right' about Clinton wanting open borders
review_date: 2016-10-12T17:30:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "I’ve been proven right" about "Hillary Clinton's radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any limit at all."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/12/donald-trump/trump-ive-been-proven-right-about-clinton-wanting-/


text: "When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton's approval ratings as secretary of state were high, but they're not now
review_date: 2016-05-22T20:18:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/22/hillary-clinton/hillary-clintons-approval-rating-secretary-state-w/


text: Photo shows Queen Elizabeth II meeting Donald Trump wearing a brooch given to her by Barack Obama.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Photo doesn’t show queen wearing Obama-gifted brooch during Trump meeting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/12/viral-image/photo-doesnt-show-queen-wearing-obama-gifted-brooc/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely says Obama administration did not try to do police reforms
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-says-obama-administration-did/


text: "The entire Database of Maricopa County in Arizona has been DELETED!"
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: False claim from Trump about Maricopa County election database
review_date: 2021-05-18T21:06:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: USA Today
publisher_site: usatoday.com
url:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/18/fact-check-false-claim-trump-maricopa-county-election-data/5119684001/


text: "The entire Database of Maricopa County in Arizona has been DELETED!"
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No proof for Trump claim that a database for 2020 election in Ariz. was deleted
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/19/donald-trump/no-proof-trump-claim-database-2020-election-ariz-w/


text: A 1956 video warned about COVID-19.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: This isn’t a prescient PSA from the 1950s. It’s satire from 2020
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/04/viral-image/isnt-prescient-psa-1950s-its-satire-2020/


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Wisconsin's tax coffers would take a hit if Brewers leave
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/12/robin-vos/yes-wisconsins-tax-coffers-would-take-a-hit-if-bre/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: No proof man who filmed Capitol riot led it, or was antifa
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/30/viral-image/no-proof-man-who-filmed-capitol-riot-led-it-or-was/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says Supreme Court crossed major threshold with 1958 case
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:22:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/dec/20/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-supreme-court-crossed-major-thr/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: A professor’s ideas are wrongly recast as a nefarious federal plot
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Anthony Fauci’s wife has “a secret plan to put psych drugs in drinking water” to get people vaccinated.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/25/instagram-posts/professors-ideas-are-wrongly-recast-nefarious-fede/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump fundraising email takes CNN anchor's comments out of context
review_date: 2016-08-23T22:12:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/23/donald-trump/donald-trump-fundraising-email-takes-cnn-anchors-c/


text: "Malia Obama expelled from Harvard."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fake story wrong about Malia Obama being expelled from Harvard for marijuana use
review_date: 2017-04-19T20:33:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/19/blog-posting/fake-story-wrong-about-malia-obama-being-expelled-/


text: “Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
claimant: Mike Gallagher
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, inflation is at a 40-year high, and rates have been climbing throughout Biden’s time in office
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/22/mike-gallagher/yes-inflation-40-year-high-and-rates-have-been-cli/


claimant: Sid Miller
claim_date: 2017-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Sid Miller: Poll shows 70 percent to 75 percent of Americans oppose removals of Confederate statues
review_date: 2017-09-06T20:24:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/06/sid-miller/sid-miller-poll-shows-70-percent-75-percent-americ/


text: “Judge Cannon been ordered to DISQUALIFY herself in Trump's case.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Judge Aileen Cannon hasn’t been ordered to recuse herself in the Trump documents case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/28/facebook-posts/no-judge-aileen-cannon-hasnt-been-ordered-to-recus/


claimant: Joe Biden
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: Earlier scores were weak
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’ve gotten 100% rating from NARAL. ... I know my record of late from NARAL has been 100%. I don’t know whether it was 25 years ago."


text: “Greenland's ice sheet isn't shrinking any more rapidly today than it was 80 years ago.”
claimant: Steven Koonin
claim_date: 2021-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Greenland lost ice faster this decade than 80 years ago
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/03/steven-koonin/greenland-lost-ice-faster-decade-80-years-ago/


claimant: Jamie Nadler
claim_date: 2020-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Convalescent plasma therapy showing promise against COVID-19
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/29/jamie-nadler/convalescent-plasma-therapy-showing-promise-agains/


text: "(Fritz) Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons."
claimant: Joe Berrios
claim_date: 2017-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Berrios fails to lock down timeline in Kaegi prison charge
review_date: 2017-12-29T21:24:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/29/joe-berrios/joe-berrios-reaches-too-far-attack-fritz-kaegi/


claimant: Ohio Gun Owners
claim_date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Ohio US Senate candidate Matt Dolan sought gun grabs for social media posts is False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/02/ohio-gun-owners/claim-ohio-us-senate-candidate-matt-dolan-sought-g/


text: Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Rand Paul on Joe Biden and support for wars
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/26/rand-paul/fact-checking-rand-paul-joe-biden-and-support-wars/


text: Says Fred Trump was arrested for "participating in KKK riot" in 1927.
claimant: User
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Here's what's known about Fred Trump's arrest after a KKK clash
review_date: 2019-03-28T18:28:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/28/facebook-posts/heres-whats-known-about-fred-trumps-arrest-after-k/


text: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2019-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats push misleading tweet on Donald Trump, asylum seekers
review_date: 2019-04-08T19:52:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/08/tweets/tweet-leaves-out-context-donald-trumps-animals-rem/


claimant: Christine Lagarde
claim_date: 2018-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: If women worked as much as men, would US GDP jump 5 percent?
review_date: 2018-12-12T18:56:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/12/christine-lagarde/if-women-worked-much-men-would-gdp-jump-5/


text: Says Ann Kirkpatrick “votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time.”
claimant: Arizona Grassroots Action
claim_date: 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-McCain PAC says Democratic challenger votes by party almost 90 percent of the time
review_date: 2016-04-29T17:46:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/29/arizona-grassroots-action-pac/pro-mccain-pac-says-democratic-challenger-votes-pa/


text: “Crisis actor in Germany forgets he’s filming on TV.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a German crisis actor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/08/facebook-posts/no-video-doesnt-show-german-crisis-actor/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/28/fact-checking-potus-vpotus-and-virginia-sen-tim-ka/
title: Fact-checking the third night of the Democratic National Convention
review_date: 2016-07-28T03:04:08Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"John McCain’s chief economic adviser during the ’08 race … estimated that Trump’s promises would cause America to lose 3.5 million jobs."


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: At DNC, Tim Kaine says even Republicans think Donald Trump's proposals are problematic
review_date: 2016-07-28T03:04:08Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"John McCain’s chief economic adviser during the ’08 race … estimated that Trump’s promises would cause America to lose 3.5 million jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/tim-kaine/dnc-tim-kaine-says-even-republicans-think-donald-t/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2021-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Pence falsely says if HR 1 passes, millions of people in US illegally will be registered to vote
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/mike-pence/pence-falsely-says-if-hr-1-passes-millions-people-/


text: "Donald Trump says he will ‘terminate’ Social Security if re-elected."
claimant: Social Security Works
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Did Trump say he will terminate Social Security if re-elected?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/12/social-security-works/did-trump-say-he-will-terminate-social-security-if/


text: “Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday” in Georgia
claimant: Charles Schumer
claim_date: 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Charles Schumer misleads on Georgia voting legislation
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/26/charles-schumer/charles-schumer-misleads-georgia-voting-legislatio/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Jailed defendants in Jan. 6 attack aren’t 'political prisoners.' They’re charged with real crimes.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/28/instagram-posts/defendants-jan-6-capitol-riot-arent-trespassers-th/


text: Says the "Pope calls for world wide gun confiscation except for the UN"
claimant: Common Sense Show
claim_date: 2018-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news says Pope called for world wide gun confiscation except for the UN
review_date: 2018-06-20T15:03:38Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/20/common-sense-news/fake-news-says-pope-called-world-wide-gun-confisca/


claimant: Ron Klain
claim_date: 2021-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Trump vaccine plan left logistics to states, but it did exist
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/ron-klain/trump-vaccine-plan-left-logistics-states-it-did-ex/


text: "Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."
claimant: Marsha Blackburn
claim_date: 2018-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Blackburn: Lack of broadband shuttered rural hospitals. It didn't
review_date: 2018-08-15T14:19:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/15/marsha-blackburn/blackburn-broadband-lack-closed-rural-hospitals-it/


text: Says "Obama paid FBI informant over $1 million to do it to Trump."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Online story gets details wrong about informant payment in Trump Russia probe
review_date: 2018-05-24T17:06:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/blog-posting/fake-news-says-obama-paid-informant-trump-russia-p/


text: $3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."
claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, U.S. isn’t expected to borrow heavily from China to pay for COVID-19 stimulus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/14/rand-paul/no-us-isnt-expected-borrow-heavily-china-pay-covid/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Can cell phones, Bluetooth defeat credit card skimmers?
review_date: 2019-05-17T15:28:14Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/17/facebook-posts/can-cell-phones-bluetooth-defeat-credit-card-skimm/


claimant: Republican National Committee
claim_date: 2021-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: GOP tweet misfires in linking crime trends to Democratic policies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Crime is escalating to a level we haven’t seen in decades as a direct result of Democrats’ defund the police movement and Biden-Harris open-border policies."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/republican-national-committee-republican/gop-tweet-misfires-linking-crime-trends-democratic/


text: "These are radical Islamic terrorists, and (Hillary Clinton) won't even mention the word."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: Clinton won't use the term 'radical Islamic terrorists'
review_date: 2016-10-10T05:14:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/10/donald-trump/trump-clinton-wont-use-term-radical-islamist-terro/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2022-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott repeats false claim that Democrats cut $280 billion from Medicare
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/31/rick-scott/rick-scott-repeats-false-claim-democrats-cut-280-b/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Donald Trump says Germany owes 'vast sums of money to NATO'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/19/donald-trump/fact-check-donald-trump-says-germany-owes-vast-sum/


text: Says Raphael Warnock “celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church.”
claimant: Kelly Loeffler
claim_date: 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Georgia Senate hopeful Warnock ‘welcomed’ Fidel Castro to his church
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/13/kelly-loeffler/no-proof-georgia-senate-hopeful-warnock-welcomed-f/


claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Iran nuclear deal was Hillary Clinton's, and it 'lined the pockets' of Iran with Americans' money?
review_date: 2016-07-29T20:22:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/reince-priebus/iran-nuclear-deal-was-hillary-clintons-and-it-line/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Does it take 10 years to get a permit to build a road, as Donald Trump said?
review_date: 2018-01-31T04:16:07Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/donald-trump/does-it-take-10-years-get-permit-build-road-donald/


text: “Violent crime in South Bend doubled during Mayor Pete’s tenure.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: Violent crime in South Bend did not double during Pete Buttigieg's time as mayor
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/facebook-posts/violent-crime-south-bend-did-not-double-during-pet/


text: A video shows Joe Biden lost and confused on stage.
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2021-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump Jr. tweets altered video of Joe Biden event
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/18/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jr-tweets-altered-video-joe-biden-eve/


text: Says "2 moms, 5 kids killed in car crash" in a nearby county.
claimant: CountyNewsroom.info
claim_date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news site alters real story of fiery car crash, tries to spread malware on your computer
review_date: 2017-04-11T18:00:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/11/countynewsroominfo/fake-news-site-alters-real-story-fiery-car-crash-t/


text: "We've done more tests in eight days than South Korea has done in eight weeks."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s comparison of US, South Korea coronavirus testing is wrong. Here's why
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/25/donald-trump/trumps-boast-about-us-south-korea-coronavirus-test/


text: Says "Monica Lewinsky Found Dead" in a burglary.
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Monica Lewinsky was not murdered. She’s alive―and having fun with the hoax
review_date: 2017-06-06T18:18:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/06/blog-posting/no-monica-lewinsky-was-not-murdered-shes-aliveand-/


text: Says Joe Biden’s order stopping the Keystone pipeline “made oil more expensive for us to use.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Keystone XL suspension probably won’t boost oil prices for Americans
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/15/facebook-posts/keystone-xl-suspension-probably-wont-boost-oil-pri/


text: "Apple and Amazon already operate in many states that require levels of voter ID."
claimant: Civitas Institute
claim_date: 2018-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Do Amazon, Apple operate in states with voter ID?
review_date: 2018-08-22T21:15:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/22/civitas-institute/do-amazon-apple-operate-states-voter-id/


text: "Close to half of the voters in America, the only tax they pay is the payroll tax."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2017-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio says close to half of voters only pay the payroll tax. Not quite
review_date: 2017-11-28T22:25:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/28/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-wrongly-says-close-half-voters-america/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says Clinton would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term
review_date: 2016-09-27T20:08:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Hillary Clinton's plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. Her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/donald-trump/trump-says-clinton-would-bring-620000-refugees-her/


text: Says Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes “supports abolishing ICE.”
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2022-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: GOP Senate group off the mark with claim that Barnes backs abolishing ICE
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/29/national-republican-senatorial-committee/barnes-does-not-support-abolish-ice-movement/


claimant: Josh Kaul
claim_date: 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Can you buy a gun in Wisconsin after a felony or restraining order?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says people convicted of felonies or under restraining orders "can buy a firearm without going through a background check."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/josh-kaul/buy-gun-wisconsin-after-felony-restraining-order/


text: Jeb Bush tweeted "Ok boomer" at Donald Trump.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Jeb Bush didn’t say “Ok boomer” to Donald Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/08/viral-image/no-jeb-bush-didnt-say-ok-boomer-donald-trump/


text: "The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly blames press for feud with intel community
review_date: 2017-01-22T21:26:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/22/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-blames-press-feud-intel-community/


text: Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered
claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2019-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: McConnell wrong about tracking absentee ballots in NC
review_date: 2019-03-07T23:00:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/07/mitch-mcconnell/mcconnell-wrong-about-tracking-absentee-ballots-nc/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Cory Booker is right about legacy of USDA bias against Black farmers
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There is a direct connection between discriminatory policies within the USDA and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/22/cory-booker/sen-cory-booker-right-about-legacy-usda-bias-again/


text: "The graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years"
claimant: Bill de Blasio
claim_date: 2018-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: How much has the NYC graduation rate increased since mayoral control began?
review_date: 2018-01-17T19:06:26Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/17/bill-de-blasio/how-much-has-graduation-rate-increased-nyc-start-m/


text: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton wants to have open borders
review_date: 2016-10-20T03:16:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-wants-have-open-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking why the US has more COVID-19 deaths than Canada
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/15/facebook-posts/fact-checking-why-us-has-more-covid-19-deaths-cana/


text: "White man asked black friend to impregnate his wife to fight ‘white privilege.’"
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Headline about white man asking his black friend to impregnate his wife is from a satirical website
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/11/facebook-posts/headline-about-white-man-asking-his-black-friend-i/


text: Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election.
claimant: Chris Larson
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Larson has no basis to connect spike in new coronavirus cases to election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/24/chris-larson/chris-larson-has-no-basis-connect-spike-new-corona/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Review did not find more illegal votes than Biden’s margin of victory in Wis.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/13/facebook-posts/review-did-not-find-more-illegal-votes-bidens-marg/


text: "It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2019-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Do more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day?
review_date: 2019-04-25T06:05:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/24/joe-manchin/do-more-20-veterans-die-suicide-every-day/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: A Mexican lawmaker spoke nearly naked, but didn’t make statement attributed to him on social media
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
While nearly naked, a member of Mexico’s congress said, “You are ashamed to see me naked, but you are not ashamed to see your people in the streets naked.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/15/instagram-posts/a-mexican-lawmaker-spoke-nearly-naked-but-didnt-ma/


text: Photos of the Statue of Liberty taken in 1920 and 2020 show that the sea level hasn’t changed.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Statue of Liberty photos don’t tell the story of rising sea levels in New York
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/14/instagram-posts/statue-of-liberty-photos-dont-tell-the-story-of-ri/


text: “We banned transgender” people from serving in the military.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump issued trans military ban, but his administration rejected calling it that
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-issued-trans-military-ban-his-adminis/


text: “Military arrests Hunter Biden!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military didn’t arrest Hunter Biden
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/08/blog-posting/no-military-didnt-arrest-hunter-biden/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Mel Gibson has announced he has been secretly working on a 4 part docu series exposing the 34 billion dollar global child sex trafficking trade.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/14/instagram-posts/mel-gibsons-publicist-dispels-rumors-about-the-act/

title:
Mel Gibson’s publicist dispels rumors about the actor working on a child sex trafficking documentary


text: Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS
claimant: post on Facebook
claim_date: 2019-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Pepsi employee didn't contaminate the company's products
review_date: 2019-01-23T20:38:53Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/23/facebook-posts/no-pepsi-employee-didnt-contaminate-companys-produ/


claimant: Dan Forest
claim_date: 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: NC's Dan Forest wrongly claims Gov. Roy Cooper will create 'Look But Don't Touch' bathroom policy
review_date: 2017-02-17T01:21:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/17/dan-forest/ncs-dan-forest-wrongly-claims-gov-roy-cooper-will-/


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: Wealth taxes are tricky
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says her wealth tax will provide “universal child care,” “universal pre-K,” “raise the wages of every child care worker and preschool teacher in the country,” “universal tuition free college,” support historically black colleges and universities, and “cancel student loan debt for 95% of the people who have it.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The World Health Organization offered, offered the testing kits that they have available and to give it to us now. We refused them. We did not want to buy them.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/joe-biden/biden-falsely-says-trump-administration-rejected-w/

title:
Biden falsely says Trump administration rejected WHO coronavirus test kits (that were never offered)


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders embraces new study that lowers ‘Medicare For All’ price tag, but skepticism abounds
review_date: 2020-02-26T04:49:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“(A recent study) said ‘Medicare for All’ will lower health care costs in this country by $450 billion a year and save the lives of 68,000 people who would otherwise have died.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/26/bernie-sanders/research-exaggerates-potential-savings/


claimant: Janet Protasiewicz
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Kelly did unrecuse himself in voting case, but never got the chance to decide the matter
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/24/janet-protasiewicz/kelly-did-unrecuse-himself-voting-case-never-got-c/


claimant: Sydney Batch
claim_date: 2018-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: This NC Democrat said the NC budget had passed. It hadn't.
review_date: 2018-05-25T20:24:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Yesterday afternoon the Republicans in the General Assembly used the nuclear option to pass North Carolina's over $20 billion budget"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/25/sydney-batch/nc-democrat-said-nc-budget-had-passed-it-hadnt/


claimant: Eric Greitens
claim_date: 2016-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Greitens misses bigger picture on Koster's domestic violence vote
review_date: 2016-11-02T15:42:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Chris Koster "opposed protecting the women of Missouri" because he "was one of only four senators to vote against" a bill ending the practice of making rape victims pay for their own rape kits.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/02/eric-greitens/greitens-misses-bigger-picture-kosters-domestic-vi/


text: A photo shows "NATO resupplying Ukrainian farmers anti-tank supplies."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image of helicopter lifting tractor does not show NATO ‘resupplying Ukrainian farmers’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/18/facebook-posts/viral-image-helicopter-lifting-tractor-does-not-sh/


text: “BLM rioters just burned down a black church in a black community with a BLM sign out front.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, BLM protesters didn’t burn down a Black church in Kenosha
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-blm-protesters-didnt-burn-down-black-church-ken/


text: “40,000+ votes for Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen magically become votes for Joe Biden.”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts falsely claim 40,000 votes for Jo Jorgensen became votes for Joe Biden in Pa.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/tiktok-posts/social-media-posts-falsely-claim-40000-votes-jo-jo/


text: “Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
claimant: Stacey Abrams
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Stacey Abrams gets Georgia’s reopening COVID-19 trend upside down. Cases fell
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/15/stacey-abrams/stacey-abrams-gets-georgias-reopening-covid-19-tre/


text: New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
claimant: Ed Cox
claim_date: 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: It's true: A lot of people are leaving New York
review_date: 2017-09-29T12:03:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/29/edward-cox/new-york-has-most-people-leaving-other-states-coun/


text: Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
claimant: Steve Adler
claim_date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Steve Adler wrong that first U.S. 'mass shooting' occurred in Austin
review_date: 2016-06-23T20:56:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/23/steve-adler/steve-adler-wrong-first-us-mass-shooting-occurred-/


text: “Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.”
claimant: Erin Marie Olszewski
claim_date: 2021-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Florida’s COVID-19 numbers aren’t ‘hype.’ Right now, they’re quite bad
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/27/erin-marie-olszewski/claim-rising-florida-covid-19-numbers-are-hype-pan/


text: Fluctuating Georgia U.S. Senate runoff vote count is evidence of election fraud.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Human error caused brief misreporting of Georgia U.S. Senate runoff results
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/09/viral-image/human-error-caused-brief-misreporting-georgia-us-s/


text: "The NEXT pandemic is here and children are the target, says Bill Gates.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Bird flu is not a pandemic, and Bill Gates didn’t say children are being targeted
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/25/facebook-posts/bird-flu-is-not-a-pandemic-and-bill-gates-didnt-sa/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Anthony Fauci didn’t write this Facebook post about viruses
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Anthony Fauci as writing, “I reject the notion that it’s ‘just a virus’ and we’ll all get it eventually. What a careless, lazy, heartless stance.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/24/facebook-posts/anthony-fauci-didnt-write-facebook-post-about-viru/


text: Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system."
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie claims United States has “the world’s greatest health care system”
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:37:50Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/aug/30/chris-christie/chris-christie-claims-united-states-has-worlds-gre/


claimant: Charles Schumer
claim_date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Schumer: 244 people on terror watch list tried to buy guns in 2015, 91% got them
review_date: 2016-06-15T20:14:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/15/charles-schumer/charles-schumer-terror-watch-list-buy-guns-got-the/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/24/fact-checking-donald-trumps-monday-speech-2020-rnc/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's Monday speech at the 2020 RNC
review_date: 2020-08-25T04:56:58Z
textual_rating: Mail-in ballots verified
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
About mail-in voting, "they’re going to go knock on everybody’s door. Here, would you sign this? Yeah, I’ll sign it. Nobody knows who the hell is signing it. And they now want to have it where the signature doesn’t have to be verified. That’s right. The signature doesn’t have to be verified."


text: “McDonald’s removes their American flags in support of Antifa & BLM nationwide.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, McDonald’s didn’t remove American flags to support Antifa and Black Lives Matter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/17/facebook-posts/no-mcdonalds-didnt-remove-american-flags-support-a/


text: Video shows Donald Trump returning to Washington “in a blaze of glory on Air Force 1.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Old video shows Trump arriving in Florida
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/facebook-posts/old-video-shows-trump-arriving-florida/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2022-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Evers campaign off-base with claim about what Michels wants for public ed funding
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/tony-evers/evers-campaign-base-claim-about-what-michels-wants/


text: "Google search spike suggests many people don’t know why they voted for Brexit."
claimant: Daily Mail
claim_date: 2016-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: What's missing from media claims linking Google Trends to Brexit vote
review_date: 2017-09-30T13:41:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/01/daily-mail/what-google-trends-tell-us-and-doesnt-about-brexit/


claimant: Wisconsin Republican Party
claim_date: 2017-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin GOP mostly misfires in attack on governor candidate Tony Evers over school porn case
review_date: 2017-09-08T15:48:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/08/republican-party-wisconsin/wisconsin-gop-mostly-misfires-attack-governor-cand/


text: Nancy Pelosi said, "If impeachment fails, I will resign immediately."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi still isn’t promising to resign if impeachment fails
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/24/blog-posting/pelosi-still-isnt-promising-resign-if-impeachment-/


text: Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Another hoax claims Queen Elizabeth II is dead, that’s not true
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/21/facebook-posts/another-hoax-claims-queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-s-not-/


claimant: Elle
claim_date: 2017-06-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/21/epic-pay-battle-between-wonder-woman-and-superman/
title: Fact-check: The epic pay battle between Wonder Woman and Superman
review_date: 2017-06-21T21:03:22Z
textual_rating: Poor sourcing
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Gal Gadot reportedly earned $300,000 for Wonder Woman, while Henry Cavill, as Superman, earned $14 million for Man of Steel."


text: "The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Those claims about nearly 200 arrested for arson in the Australia bushfires are wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/10/facebook-posts/those-claims-about-nearly-200-arrested-arson-austr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jan/18/covid-19-skeptics-are-using-incidental-hospitaliza/
title: Hospitalization data is being used to claim that the pandemic is overblown. Here's why that's wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Incidental COVID-19 hospitalization data proves that hospitalization numbers are inflated and that the situation isn’t as dire as health officials are making it seem.


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Un-spinning a White House chart on Biden’s job gains
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden administration has “created” more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/13/joe-biden/un-spinning-white-house-chart-bidens-job-gains/


text: Says a photo shows Barack Obama holding a Michelle Obama 2020 t-shirt.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Michelle Obama isn't running for office in 2020
review_date: 2018-10-03T18:52:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/03/viral-image/no-michelle-obama-isnt-running-office-2020/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking an old conspiracy about Martin Luther King Jr.’s death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring to kill him."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/17/instagram-posts/fact-checking-old-conspiracy-about-martin-luther-k/


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2018-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fraud vs. Hoax: Viral post gets Clint Eastwood knock on Obama close
review_date: 2018-11-07T19:38:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Clint Eastwood said "one day we will realize that the Barack Obama presidency was the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/07/blog-posting/fraud-vs-hoax-viral-post-gets-clint-eastwood-knock/


text: Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."
claimant: Senate Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2017-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: GOP super PAC says Alabama's Roy Moore doesn't back Trump's border wall
review_date: 2017-09-18T13:39:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/18/senate-leadership-fund/gop-super-pac-says-alabamas-roy-moore-doesnt-back-/


claimant: John Nygren
claim_date: 2020-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Nygren overreaches on claim Tony Evers tried to raise agriculture taxes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/14/john-nygren/nygren-claim-tony-evers-agriculture-dairy-taxes/


text: A video shows the deadly Jan. 15 plane crash in Nepal.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Online video shows Russian plane crash from 2021, not the deadly 2023 crash in Nepal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/20/facebook-posts/online-video-shows-russian-plane-crash-2021-not-de/


text: Video shows Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Video showing Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity about a 'raid' is satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/15/tweets/video-showing-ron-desantis-arguing-sean-hannity-sa/


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: Comparison lacks context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I stand here tonight after we’ve created, with the help of many people in this room, 12 million new jobs — more jobs created in two years than any president’s created in four years."


claimant: Stacey Abrams
claim_date: 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Stacey Abrams on a Texas mail-in ballot denial
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/03/stacey-abrams/fact-checking-stacey-abrams-texas-mail-ballot-deni/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claims he won Wisconsin early in the evening in 2016. Not so much.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We won (Wisconsin in 2016) not so late in the evening — a little bit early in the evening, actually, which is even better."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/15/donald-trump/donald-trump-claims-he-won-wisconsin-early-2016/


text: Image shows a fall revealing President Joe Biden’s diaper.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Altered image appears to show President Joe Biden with a diaper
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/viral-image/altered-image-appears-to-show-president-joe-biden/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2022-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy’s mostly false claim about an army of 87,000 IRS agents
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/11/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthys-mostly-false-claim-about-army-8700/


claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2020-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden gave his convention speech live. Rush Limbaugh’s claim that it ‘had to be taped’ is wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden’s Democratic National Convention speech “had to be taped in segments, and the segments had to be edited together.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/24/rush-limbaugh/joe-biden-gave-his-convention-speech-live-rush-lim/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2017-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Sessions stretches to link "criminal aliens" and Chicago crime
review_date: 2017-08-16T20:17:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/16/jeff-sessions/jeff-sessions-stretches-link-criminal-aliens-and-c/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says market forces made coal companies go bankrupt
review_date: 2016-05-10T16:10:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-market-forces-made-coal-compa/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/22/timeline-daca-trump-administration-and-government-/
title: Timeline: DACA, the Trump administration and a government shutdown
review_date: 2018-01-09T23:20:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When President Barack Obama "signed the executive order (on DACA, he) actually said he doesn't have the right to do this."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Obama say he didn't have the right to issue DACA?
review_date: 2018-01-09T23:20:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When President Barack Obama "signed the executive order (on DACA, he) actually said he doesn't have the right to do this."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/09/donald-trump/obama-hedged-didnt-say-he-lacked-legal-right-daca/


text: "Florida pays our teachers $10,000 a year less than the national average."
claimant: Janet Cruz
claim_date: 2017-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Florida teacher pay lags national average, just not quite by $10,000
review_date: 2017-03-07T22:00:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/07/janet-cruz/how-much-does-florida-teacher-pay-lag-behind-natio/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/02/6-claims-donald-trump-got-wrong-today-ukraine-whis/
title: 9 things Donald Trump got wrong today on Ukraine, a whistleblower and the media
review_date: 2019-10-02T18:58:39Z
textual_rating: 2018 tweet touted spikes
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trump said a new book wrongly claims that he "wanted sharp spikes at the top (of his border wall) so if anyone gets it it goes piercing through their skin."


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2019-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Cory Booker points to Connecticut, where he says a tough gun law led to fewer deaths
review_date: 2019-05-20T15:26:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/20/cory-booker/fact-checking-cory-bookers-statistic-about-connect/


text: "We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."
claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, U.S. suicides have risen by 30% in past decade and a half
review_date: 2019-05-20T16:42:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/20/amy-klobuchar/yes-us-suicides-have-risen-30-past-decade-and-half/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Ellis Island award in the 1980s was not for brotherhood or diversity
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump won the Ellis Island award for "patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity” alongside Muhammad Ali and Rosa Parks.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/09/facebook-posts/trumps-ellis-island-award-1980s-was-not-brotherhoo/


claimant: George Papadopoulos
claim_date: 2021-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Joe Biden is withholding aid to Ukraine to help his son Hunter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/15/george-papadopoulos/no-evidence-joe-biden-withholding-aid-ukraine-help/


text: A serial killer is targeting women in Hot Springs, Ark.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Hot Springs homicide under investigation but no evidence of serial killer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/13/facebook-posts/hot-springs-homicide-under-investigation-no-eviden/


text: Some states hit hardest by opioid deaths "have more opioid prescriptions than residents."
claimant: Eric Schneiderman
claim_date: 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Do some states have more opioid prescriptions than residents?
review_date: 2017-10-02T14:29:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/02/eric-schneiderman/do-some-states-have-more-opioid-prescriptions-resi/


claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump isn’t signing an executive order on term limits ‘this week’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump this week will sign an executive order creating term limits for Congress.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/24/youtube-videos/no-trump-isnt-signing-executive-order-term-limits-/


claimant: Club for Growth
claim_date: 2017-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: New conservative health care proposal would have little impact in New York
review_date: 2017-04-22T13:29:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The conservative proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act "lowers premiums by giving New York the freedom to end Obamacare’s costly and ridiculous rules."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/22/club-growth/new-conservative-health-care-proposal-would-have-l/


text: Titan submersible passenger Shahzada Dawood is the World Economic Forum’s vice chairman.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Titan passenger Shahzada Dawood was not the World Economic Forum’s vice chairman
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/instagram-posts/titan-passenger-shahzada-dawood-was-not-the-world/


text: Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in."
claimant: Stephen Colbert
claim_date: 2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Stephen Colbert wrong that Paul Ryan killed the House cameras in response to the Democratic sit-in
review_date: 2016-06-27T22:08:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/27/stephen-colbert/stephen-colbert-wrong-paul-ryan-killed-house-camer/


text: “New Zealand okays euthanasia for COVID patients.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: New Zealand didn’t OK euthanasia for COVID-19 patients. Voters passed a law for the terminally ill
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/11/blog-posting/new-zealand-didnt-ok-euthanasia-covid-19-patients-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden will not ‘abolish’ police or prisons, as Donald Trump said
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/17/donald-trump/no-joe-biden-will-not-abolish-police-or-prisons-do/


claimant: John Bucy III
claim_date: 2019-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: About 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age don't have health insurance
review_date: 2019-03-29T21:46:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/29/john-bucy-iii/about-1-4-texas-women-reproductive-age-dont-have-h/


text: Says Jill Schupp has shown a “disturbing pattern of putting sex offenders over our safety.”
claimant: Ann Wagner
claim_date: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: In Mo. House race, Wagner cherry-picks votes to attack Schupp over sex offenders
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/26/ann-wagner/mo-house-race-wagner-cherry-picks-votes-attack-sch/


text: "Mountains of data" show drug ivermectin "basically obliterates" COVID-19 transmission.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim about the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/instagram-posts/fact-checking-claim-about-use-ivermectin-treat-cov/


text: “James Comey has 50 counts of TREASON. And John Brennan has 48 counts of TREASON.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, James Comey and John Brennan haven’t been charged with multiple counts of treason
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/17/facebook-posts/no-james-comey-and-john-brennan-havent-been-charge/


text: “CNN lightened the photo of the man who drove into the protester last night in Seattle.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: CNN did not lighten a photo of the man accused of driving into Seattle protesters
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/17/facebook-posts/cnn-did-not-lighten-photo-man-accused-driving-seat/


text: Photo shows Bill Clinton among others not wearing a mask at John Lewis’ funeral.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: This photo of Bill Clinton is five years old, not from John Lewis’ funeral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/07/viral-image/photo-bill-clinton-five-years-old-not-john-lewis-f/


text: China recovered from COVID-19 “without a vaccine.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: China has a vaccine and new COVID-19 cases have recently been reported there
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/04/viral-image/china-has-vaccine-and-new-covid-19-cases-have-rece/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, gun control regulation in Nazi Germany did not help advance the Holocaust
review_date: 2019-04-08T17:08:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/08/viral-image/no-gun-control-regulation-nazi-germany-did-not-hel/


text: The uninsured rate in California reached "a historic low of 7.4 percent in 2016."
claimant: Jerry Brown
claim_date: 2017-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: TRUE: California’s uninsured rate has hit 'historic low'
review_date: 2017-01-19T18:44:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/19/jerry-brown/true-californias-uninsured-rate-has-hit-historic-l/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden wrongly claims Trump could’ve prevented every COVID-19 death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/18/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrongly-claims-trump-couldve-prevented-e/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, John Velazquez didn’t call Joe Biden a horse’s ass
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kentucky Derby jockey John Velazquez turned down an invitation to the White House and said, “if I wanted to see a horse’s ass I would of came in second.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/03/facebook-posts/no-john-velazquez-didnt-call-joe-biden-horses-ass/


text: “BREAKING GOP approves resolution to expel Omar from Congress! It’s over for her!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, House Republicans aren’t trying to expel U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar from Congress
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/31/facebook-posts/no-house-republicans-arent-trying-to-expel-us-rep/


text: Says before he planned a rally on June 19 “nobody had ever heard of” Juneteenth.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that nobody had heard of Juneteenth
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-nobody-had-heard-ju/


text: "Tulsa school closes after brutal fire."
claimant: React365.com
claim_date: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: User-generated prank post falsely says Tulsa high school burned down
review_date: 2017-10-23T18:54:15Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/23/react365com/user-generated-prank-post-falsely-says-tulsa-high-/


text: "We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."
claimant: Veterans of War Memorial
claim_date: 2019-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Bad math. Iran nuke deal dollars wouldn't cover 30 walls with Mexico
review_date: 2019-03-22T19:21:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/22/blog-posting/bad-math-iran-nuke-deal-dollars-wouldnt-cover-30-w/


claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Dan Patrick says the remains of 1,671 migrants have been discovered in Texas
review_date: 2019-04-24T12:55:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/23/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-migrant-deaths-remains-fact-check/


text: "There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year."
claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Jeff Sessions wrongly says 350,000 people succeed in crossing the border every year
review_date: 2016-07-19T04:32:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/jeff-sessions/senator-jeff-sessions-says-about-350000-people-suc/


claimant: John Chiang
claim_date: 2017-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Has Treasurer John Chiang saved California taxpayers more than $5 billion?
review_date: 2017-04-26T16:44:40Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the first two years and a couple months (as California treasurer), I have saved taxpayers and ratepayers over $5.2 billion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/26/john-chiang/has-treasurer-john-chiang-saved-california-taxpaye/


text: World Economic Forum “calls for AI to rewrite Bible, create ‘religions that are actually correct’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, the World Economic Forum isn’t advocating for AI to rewrite the Bible
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/23/facebook-posts/no-the-world-economic-forum-isnt-advocating-for-ai/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/nov/27/fact-checking-donald-trumps-statement-saudi-arabia/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder
review_date: 2018-10-23T20:24:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump touts nonexistent $450 billion in Saudi orders and 1 million jobs
review_date: 2018-10-23T20:24:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/donald-trump/donald-trump-touts-nonexistent-450-billion-saudi-o/


text: “More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Has COVID-19 killed more cops than all other causes?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/02/joe-biden/has-covid-19-killed-more-cops-all-other-causes/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2020-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump administration provides food aid during pandemic, while quietly trying to impose limits
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Trump Administration is trying to take food assistance away from Wisconsin families when people are out of work and struggling."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/tammy-baldwin/trump-administration-provides-food-aid-during-pand/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Early date on CARES Act is due to a legislative quirk, not a plot
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The government must have planned the coronavirus pandemic because the coronavirus relief bill had been introduced three years earlier.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/27/facebook-posts/early-date-cares-act-due-legislative-quirk-not-plo/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton's absurd claim that she's the only candidate being attacked by Wall Street
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:00:35Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'm the only candidate in the Democratic primary, or actually on either side, who Wall Street financiers and hedge fund managers are actually running ads against."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/03/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-claims-meet-press-wall-street-atta/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Cleveland FBI raid resurfaces debunked conspiracy theory about Ukraine and American politicians
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/13/facebook-posts/cleveland-fbi-raid-resurfaces-debunked-conspiracy-/


text: Joe Biden threatened to assassinate Ukraine’s former president.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Biden didn’t threaten to kill a former Ukrainian president
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/facebook-posts/biden-didnt-threaten-kill-former-ukrainian-preside/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/08/fact-checking-2020-vice-presidential-debate-kamala/
title: Fact-checking the 2020 vice presidential debate, Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence
review_date: 2020-10-08T05:12:24Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When Abraham Lincoln was faced with a Supreme Court vacancy 27 days before Election Day and his party controlled the Senate, he said the people should vote first.


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Photos of George Soros ‘Riot Dance Squad’ buses were doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“White busses marked ‘Soros Riot Dance Squad’ spotted in Michigan: It’s official, the riots are staged.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/03/blog-posting/photos-george-soros-riot-dance-squad-buses-were-do/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump exaggerates Hillary Clinton's role in growing trade deficit with China
review_date: 2016-06-28T22:10:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/28/donald-trump/checking-donald-trump-hillary-clintons-role-growin/


text: "39% of All California Students are illegals."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, it's not correct that 39% of California students are undocumented
review_date: 2018-07-05T16:55:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/05/viral-image/no-39-california-students-arent-undocumented/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Teddy Roosevelt never said that quote about liberals and conservatives
review_date: 2019-03-11T18:31:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Theodore Roosevelt said "To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/11/facebook-posts/no-teddy-roosevelt-never-said-quote-about-liberals/


text: "California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas."
claimant: Jerry Brown
claim_date: 2016-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Is California's economy 'growing a hell of a lot faster' than Texas?
review_date: 2016-12-19T21:40:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/19/jerry-brown/are-jobs-california-growing-hell-lot-faster-texas/


text: Says Winston Churchill said, "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Abbott tweets bogus Winston Churchill quotation about anti-fascists
review_date: 2018-08-07T16:29:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/07/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-misquotes-winston-churchill-fascism/


text: "Pier 39 terrorist was an anti-Trump antifa supporter."
claimant: Infowars
claim_date: 2017-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Suspect in San Francisco pier Christmas plot was an anti-Trump Antifa supporter, Infowars says
review_date: 2017-12-29T20:40:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/29/infowars/suspect-san-francisco-pier-christmas-plot-was-anti/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post misrepresents analysis of Trump tax law
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the 2017 tax law, “people who make under $75,000 will have their taxes raised in 2021 and every 2 years after that until 2027.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/05/facebook-posts/social-media-post-misleads-analysis-trump-tax-bill/


text: "The catalytic converter used in automobiles was invented in West Virginia."
claimant: Brian Joseph
claim_date: 2019-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: Was the catalytic converter invented in West Virginia? Not exactly
review_date: 2019-03-27T20:47:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/brian-joseph/was-catalytic-converter-invented-west-virginia-not/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongfully says immigrants voting illegally won North Carolina for Obama in 2008
review_date: 2016-10-20T01:56:10Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It’s possible that non-citizen voters were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/19/donald-trump/trump-wrongfully-says-immigrants-voting-illegally-/


text: “More than 40 military tribunals testified.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, dozens of military tribunals aren’t underway
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/30/facebook-posts/no-dozens-military-tribunals-arent-underway/


text: Says Hillary Clinton "voted to raise taxes on workers earning as little as $41,500."
claimant: Republican Party of Florida
claim_date: 2016-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Republican Party of Florida Facebook post misses the mark in Clinton attack
review_date: 2016-08-29T16:22:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/29/republican-party-florida/republican-party-florida-facebook-post-misses-mark/


text: Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2020-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Scott’s misleading attack on Biden about Castro, Maduro
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/01/rick-scott/scotts-misleading-attack-biden-about-castro-maduro/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: This supposed Maxine Waters tweet about gun owners isn’t real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Maxine Waters tweeted, “Every single gun owner I have talked to has told me, ‘As soon as I walked out of that gun store, I felt a killer growing inside of me.’ When will we acknowledge there is no such thing as a responsible gun owner?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/viral-image/supposed-maxine-waters-tweet-about-gun-owners-isnt/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: In Youngstown, Trump incorrectly says he has achieved historic increase in defense spending
review_date: 2017-07-27T12:12:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We've achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/donald-trump/its-false-trump-achieved-historic-increase-defense/


claimant: Jerry Patterson
claim_date: 2017-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Charge that George P. Bush-led agency has repaired two homes since Hurricane Harvey oversimplifies
review_date: 2017-12-21T22:52:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Texas General Land Office led by George P. Bush has repaired just two homes since Hurricane Harvey.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/21/jerry-patterson/charge-george-p-bush-led-agency-has-repaired-two-h/


text: Says President Donald Trump "signs a visa-free travel policy" for Ghana and Malawi.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news dangles visa-free travel for Ghana/Malawi
review_date: 2017-02-09T19:27:29Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/09/blog-posting/fake-news-dangles-visa-free-travel-ghanamalawi/


text: “Only one person died on that day” during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
claimant: Greg Kelly
claim_date: 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Newsmax host falsely claims ‘only one person died’ at Capitol Jan. 6
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/09/greg-kelly/newsmax-host-falsely-claims-only-one-person-died-c/


text: Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."
claimant: Pat McCrory
claim_date: 2016-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: McCrory says Syrian refugees not properly vetted or tracked by the FBI once in the US
review_date: 2016-10-12T20:48:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/12/pat-mccrory/mccrory-says-syrian-refugees-not-properly-vetted-o/


claimant: Daily Caller
claim_date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative website wrongly ties Clinton Foundation to bad HIV/AIDS drugs
review_date: 2016-09-23T16:54:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/23/daily-caller/conservative-website-wrongly-ties-clinton-foundati/


text: “3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.”
claimant: Bryan Steil
claim_date: 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: GOP lawmaker only tells part of story in claim that Wisconsin spent 3.8% of federal coronavirus aid
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/07/bryan-steil/gop-lawmaker-only-tells-part-story-claim-wisconsin/


text: In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, the number of projected U.S. Muslim voters in 20 years is still not enough to elect a president
review_date: 2019-04-10T18:03:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/10/facebook-posts/no-number-projected-muslim-voters-20-years-us-stil/


claimant: Henry Cuellar
claim_date: 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Texas congressman on Border Patrol hiring under Trump administration contract
review_date: 2019-03-01T19:19:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/01/henry-cuellar/fact-checking-texas-congressman-border-patrol-hiri/


claimant: Travis Allen
claim_date: 2017-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Travis Allen’s Mostly False claim about crime in California
review_date: 2017-07-03T17:41:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/03/travis-allen/travis-allens-mostly-false-claim-about-crime-calif/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2021-02-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/feb/22/far-left-group-bombed-capitol-1983-heres-how-s-dif/
title: A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack
textual_rating: Comparison is missing context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The first domestic terrorist attack against our Capitol and democracy was by left wing activists not by Trump supporters on January 6th, 2021 as the main stream media and democrats are trying to make you believe."


claimant: National Taxpayers Union
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Do Trump tariffs cost more than Affordable Care Act taxes?
review_date: 2018-10-12T19:31:41Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/12/national-taxpayers-union/trump-tariffs-cost-more-health-care-taxes/


text: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: GOP treats Trump-era projects in pandemic bill as Democratic pork
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/02/rick-scott/gop-treats-trump-era-projects-pandemic-bill-democr/


text: Says the CDC recommends men shave their beards to protect against coronavirus.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, the CDC isn’t recommending men shave their beards to protect against the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/facebook-posts/no-cdc-isnt-recommending-men-shave-their-beard-pro/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, scientist who discovered HIV did not say it was created as a 'secret weapon'
review_date: 2019-02-15T15:48:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Dr. Robert Gallo, the man who helped discover the HIV virus, confessed he was "forced" to "create the HIV virus as a secret weapon to wipe out the African race."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/15/facebook-posts/no-scientist-who-discovered-hiv-did-not-say-it-was/


claimant: Will Herring
claim_date: 2017-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Feral-hog-meat businessman says there are no 'public' studies of hog pesticide
review_date: 2017-03-16T22:12:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/16/will-herring/feral-hog-meat-businessman-says-there-are-no-publi/


text: The ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal was a planned or staged event.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Suez Canal blockage was not staged or planned
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/30/instagram-posts/posts-online-claim-blockage-suez-canal-was-staged-/


claimant: Patricia Farley
claim_date: 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Taking a closer look at Florida Democrat's claims about the gender pay gap
review_date: 2017-03-14T22:14:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/14/patricia-farley/taking-closer-look-florida-democrats-claims-about-/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, doctors in South Florida did not walk off the job or protest while patients needed care
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
75 doctors in South Florida walked out in protest as their hospital was flooded with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/25/instagram-posts/no-doctors-south-florida-did-not-walk-job-or-prote/


claimant: John Chiang
claim_date: 2018-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: TV ad’s False claim about Antonio Villaraigosa and LA’s rape kit backlog
review_date: 2018-05-16T20:42:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/16/john-chiang/fact-checking-tv-ads-false-claim-antonio-villaraig/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-07-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/if-you-your-plan-you-can-keep-it-bidens-healthcare/
title: "If you like your plan, you can keep it." Biden’s health pitch invokes Obama's troubled claim
textual_rating: Tough promise to keep
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you like your employer-based plan, you can keep it. If you have private insurance, you can keep it."


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2018-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Tony Evers cherry picks an old statistic in claiming Wisconsin infrastructure near-worst
review_date: 2018-08-31T14:23:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Another thing that’s a Wisconsin value is infrastructure, whether it’s roads or bridges...we are 49th out of 50 states in infrastructure."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/30/tony-evers/tony-evers-cherry-picks-old-statistic-claiming-wis/


claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2019-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Texas Constitution requires lawmakers to stay under the spending limit
review_date: 2019-04-16T21:22:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/16/dan-patrick/texas-constitution-requires-lawmakers-stay-under-s/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: New York isn’t trying to pass bill to put non-mask wearers in detainment camps, force vaccinations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/05/facebook-posts/new-york-isnt-trying-pass-bill-put-non-mask-wearer/


claimant: Wisconsin Democratic Party
claim_date: 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-07-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ron Johnson "supported a plan to cut benefits and raise the retirement age" for Social Security.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/13/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/state-democrats-say-ron-johnson-supported-plan-cut/

title:
State Democrats say Ron Johnson supported plan to cut benefits, raise Social Security retirement age


claimant: Claudia Tenney
claim_date: 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Can the fentanyl seized by officials at U.S. borders kill every American seven times over?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/27/claudia-tenney/can-fentanyl-seized-border-kill-every-american-sev/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton wrongly says she was only one in primaries to nix middle-class tax hikes
review_date: 2016-07-24T13:29:38Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I am the only candidate who ran in either primary who said, ‘I will not raise taxes on the middle class.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/23/hillary-clinton/clinton-wrongly-says-she-was-only-one-primaries-ni/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden falsely claims that he immediately opposed Iraq War
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/05/joe-biden/oe-biden-falsely-claims-he-immediately-opposed-ira/


text: “We're setting record job numbers.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Unpacking Donald Trump’s statement on 'record job numbers'
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/24/donald-trump/unpacking-donald-trumps-statement-record-job-numbe/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden wrong about voting records of Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Two members of the Senate," Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, "voted more with my Republican friends" than with the president from their own party.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/02/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrong-about-voting-records-joe-manchin-k/


text: Photo of unbroken windows proves war in Ukraine is fake.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo of intact windows in Bucha doesn’t prove the war in Ukraine is a hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/27/viral-image/no-photo-intact-windows-bucha-doesnt-prove-war-ukr/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, photo does not show Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother on the night protesters were shot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/31/facebook-posts/no-photo-does-not-show-kyle-rittenhouses-mother-ni/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ claim that Jim Kenney’s soda tax is regressive
review_date: 2016-04-25T17:07:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A tax on soda and juice drinks would disproportionately increase taxes on low-income families in Philadelphia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/25/bernie-sanders/fact-checking-bernie-sanders-claim-jim-kenneys-sod/


text: Rep. Robert Pittenger "stood against funding for the border wall."
claimant: Rev. Mark Harris
claim_date: 2018-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Did NC Republican oppose funding for border wall?
review_date: 2018-04-05T16:40:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/05/mark-harris-nc/did-nc-republican-oppose-funding-border-wall/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Don't be duped by bogus audit of charitable groups
textual_rating: Misses the mark
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says several well-known charities such as Goodwill and American Red Cross overpay their CEOs and spend a small percentage on helping people.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/17/blog-posting/dont-be-duped-bogus-audit-charitable-groups/


text: Says Alabama Senate candidate Doug Jones "wants to raise taxes."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly claims Doug Jones wants to ‘raise taxes to the sky’
review_date: 2017-11-28T16:44:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-doug-jones-wants-raise/


text: "David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
claimant: Mehmet Oz
claim_date: 2022-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Dr. Oz claimed that GOP Senate rival McCormick ‘bragged’ about offshoring jobs. That lacks evidence
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/mehmet-oz/dr-oz-claimed-gop-senate-rival-mccormick-bragged-a/


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2017-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: 'Death tax' that Republicans want to repeal is paid by only 2 of 1,000 people who die?
review_date: 2017-10-27T16:27:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/27/mark-pocan/death-tax-republicans-want-repeal-paid-only-2-1000/


claimant: David Jolly
claim_date: 2016-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: David Jolly attacks Charlie Crist for saying Alabama chain gang was a 'great sight'
review_date: 2016-09-20T03:39:53Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Charlie Crist "stood there, over 3 African-American prisoners in chains, on their knees, on the side of the road. Saying that it was a great sight. Saying we needed to bring it to Florida. And you did this — whether you know or not — on the eve of Juneteenth, the day the African-American community celebrates the end of slavery."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/20/david-jolly/david-jolly-attacks-charlie-crist-saying-alabama-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/01/fact-checking-donald-trumps-statement-withdrawing-/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement
review_date: 2017-06-01T22:42:18Z
textual_rating: Not in the deal
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So, we can't build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement."


text: Says Kanye West got 40,000 votes in the presidential election in Kentucky.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: The Kanye West Wing? No. Those Kentucky election tallies aren’t real.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/16/instagram-posts/kanye-west-wing-no-those-kentucky-election-tallies/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren says she warned about the financial crisis before it happened. That's True
review_date: 2019-04-30T18:20:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking of the financial crisis that gained traction in 2007, "I talked about it to anyone who would listen, a crisis is coming."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/30/elizabeth-warren/elizabeth-warren-says-she-warned-about-financial-c/


text: Video shows Elon Musk and Jack Ma presenting “a new software called ‘Quantum AI.’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post repackages old video to hawk cryptocurrency promise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/09/facebook-posts/facebook-post-repackages-old-video-to-hawk-cryptoc/


text: Photos of a person in a skirt show the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, these photos of a person wearing a skirt aren’t of the Uvalde, Texas school shooter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/25/facebook-posts/no-these-photos-person-wearing-skirt-arent-uvalde-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Buzz Aldrin didn't see space aliens and take a lie detector test to prove it
review_date: 2018-04-10T23:33:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/10/blog-posting/no-buzz-aldrin-didnt-see-space-aliens-and-take-lie/


claimant: Lizzo
claim_date: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Truth hurts: Fact-checking Lizzo’s incorrect claim about US House’s hearing on UFOs, aliens
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The government just stated under oath that they are in possession of UFOs and nonhuman alien bodies.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/28/lizzo/truth-hurts-fact-checking-lizzos-incorrect-claim-a/


text: “In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
claimant: MAGA Inc
claim_date: 2023-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Trump PAC says DeSantis pushed 23% national sales tax in Congress, omitting key details
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/16/maga-inc/pro-trump-pac-says-desantis-pushed-23-national-sal/


text: "Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."
claimant: Aazah
claim_date: 2015-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did a Florida sheriff say 'blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive?'
review_date: 2017-04-02T14:52:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/did-florida-sheriff-say-blacks-should-learn-act-wh/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Iranian missiles aimed at U.S. troops were not funded by American taxpayers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The missiles that were launched at American forces in Iraq from Iran, were funded by Barack Obama, with American tax dollars."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/10/facebook-posts/iranian-missiles-aimed-us-troops-were-not-funded-a/


text: “Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden hasn’t asked Mitt Romney to be his health and human services secretary
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/09/blog-posting/no-joe-biden-hasnt-asked-mitt-romney-be-his-health/


text: "The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden wrong about fastest-growing population group in U.S.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/03/joe-biden/biden-wrong-about-fastest-growing-population-group/


claimant: Robert Pittenger
claim_date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Does new version of the AHCA protect coverage for pre-existing conditions?
review_date: 2017-05-05T18:12:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, "absolutely does not eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/04/robert-pittenger/does-new-version-ahca-protect-coverage-pre-existin/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi “won’t let Capitol police testify about what happened Jan. 6.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi isn’t blocking Capitol police officers from testifying about Jan. 6
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-nancy-pelosi-isnt-blocking-capitol-police-offic/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong on Paris accord, China and coal plants
review_date: 2017-06-05T22:00:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-paris-accord-china-and-coal-pla/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Amber Heard didn’t steal lines from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ during testimony in Depp trial
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Amber Heard plagiarized lines from the movie “The Talented Mr. Ripley” in her opening statement during the Johnny Depp libel trial.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/09/facebook-posts/amber-heard-didnt-steal-lines-talented-mr-ripley-d/


text: “First volunteer in UK coronavirus vaccine trial has died.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, the first volunteer in a UK COVID-19 vaccine trial hasn’t died
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/05/blog-posting/no-first-volunteer-uk-covid-19-vaccine-trial-hasnt/


text: “Stanford study results” show face masks are ineffective and dangerous.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Paper about mask wearing was not from Stanford and makes false claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/blog-posting/paper-about-mask-wearing-was-not-stanford-and-make/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Hannity wrong that health care system is ready as is for coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/sean-hannity/hannity-wrong-health-care-system-ready-coronavirus/


text: "Bill Clinton’s hitman confesses on his deathbed."
claimant: The Patriot Report
claim_date: 2018-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news story says hitman for Bill Clinton confesses
review_date: 2018-01-23T19:04:54Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/23/patriot-report/fake-news-says-hitman-bill-clinton-confesses/


claimant: The Other 98%
claim_date: 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook graphic misrepresents Trump's $12 billion aid package to farmers after China tariffs
review_date: 2018-08-01T17:58:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/01/other-98/facebook-graphic-misrepresents-trumps-12-billion-a/


text: Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory."
claimant: American Viral Patriot
claim_date: 2018-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy website objects to Barack Obama calling out conspiracy theories
review_date: 2018-09-14T17:27:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/14/blog-posting/conspiracy-website-objects-barack-obama-calling-ou/


claimant: Richard Burr
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: North Korea's missile testing and development has increased 'twenty-fold' says Sen. Richard Burr
review_date: 2017-04-25T15:28:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold.""The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/24/richard-burr/north-koreas-missile-testing-and-development-has-i/


text: "1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
claimant: Michael McCaul
claim_date: 2018-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: Michael McCaul says 1 in 100 people is a sociopath
review_date: 2018-03-30T20:07:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/30/michael-mccaul/michael-mccaul-says-1-100-people-sociopath/


claimant: Chad Bicknell
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/20/did-andrew-yang-break-law-we-may-never-know/
title: Did Andrew Yang break the law? We may never know
textual_rating: We may never know
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Andrew Yang for President 2020 tonight bribed 10 families at $12,000 dollars each to vote for him. This is a blatant violation of FEC rules and is automatic disqualification to run for any office."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/06/donald-trumps-4-biggest-falsehoods-abc-news/
title: Donald Trump’s 4 biggest falsehoods on ABC News
review_date: 2020-05-06T19:43:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Don't forget, the cupboard was bare. The last administration left us nothing. We didn't have ventilators, we didn't have medical equipment, we didn't have testing."


claimant: Stephen Miller
claim_date: 2017-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: White House senior adviser repeats baseless claim about busing illegal voters in New Hampshire
review_date: 2017-02-12T21:02:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This issue of busing voters in to New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics. It’s very real, it’s very serious."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/12/stephen-miller/white-house-senior-adviser-repeats-baseless-claim-/


claimant: Stephen Miller
claim_date: 2017-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Stephen Miller’s bushels of Pinocchios for false voter-fraud claims
review_date: 2017-02-12T21:10:24Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"This issue of busing voters in to New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics. It’s very real, it’s very serious."

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/12/stephen-millers-bushels-of-pinocchios-for-false-voter-fraud-claims/


claimant: Sam Brown Petsonk
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: How many West Virginians would lose coverage if lawsuit against ACA prevails?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act backed by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey “would eliminate health care for over 800,000 West Virginians.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/01/sam-brown-petsonk/how-many-west-virginians-would-lose-coverage-if-la/


text: Says Ron DeSantis has not revealed $145,000 in receipts of public taxpayer money.
claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Gillum's claim about DeSantis $145,000 travel receipts
review_date: 2018-10-25T00:00:14Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/andrew-gillum/fact-checking-gillums-claim-about-desantis-145000-/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2017-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke claims near-uniqueness in not taking corporate or PAC contributions
review_date: 2017-07-27T19:13:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’m one of two members of Congress out of 535 that takes no corporate cash, no political action committee money."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-claims-near-uniqueness-not-taking-cor/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 won’t respond to antibiotics, despite findings from new autopsies
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Autopsies prove that COVID-19 is” a blood clot, not pneumonia, “and ought to be fought with antibiotics” and the whole world has been wrong in treating the “so-called” pandemic.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-wont-respond-antibiotics-despite-findi/


text: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden exaggerates job-creation impact of American Rescue Plan
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/24/joe-biden/joe-biden-exaggerates-job-creation-impact-american/


text: Says Joe Biden hasn’t admitted he was wrong on the Iraq War.
claimant: Seth Moulton
claim_date: 2019-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Seth Moulton partly right on Biden not admitting he was wrong on the Iraq War
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/20/seth-moulton/seth-moulton-partly-right-biden-not-admitting-he-w/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/29/fact-checking-senate-gop-health-care-bill/
title: Fact-checking the Senate GOP health care bill
review_date: 2017-06-14T21:44:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Senate deliberations on the Affordable Care Act in 2009 and 2010 included hundreds of hours of debate and more than 100 Republican amendments, compared with zero for the American Health Care Act this year.


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders tweet exaggerates lack of input in Senate health care bill
review_date: 2017-06-14T21:44:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Senate deliberations on the Affordable Care Act in 2009 and 2010 included hundreds of hours of debate and more than 100 Republican amendments, compared with zero for the American Health Care Act this year.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/14/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-tweet-exaggerates-lack-input-senate/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump correct about the size of the U.S. trade deficit with Japan?
review_date: 2018-04-19T21:21:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-correct-about-size-us-trade-deficit-j/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders is correct: NAFTA, China trade cost thousands of jobs in Michigan
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/bernie-sanders/sanders-correct-nafta-china-trade-cost-thousands-j/


text: EPA administrator Scott Pruitt's short-term rental "was about market rate."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Was Scott Pruitt's apartment rental about market rate?
review_date: 2018-04-10T16:16:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/10/donald-trump/did-epas-pruitt-pay-below-market-rent/


text: "Idaho mother sentenced to prison after multiple citations for breastfeeding in public."
claimant: TheSeattleTribune.com
claim_date: 2016-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Idaho woman was not sentenced to prison for breastfeeding her child
review_date: 2017-02-13T15:58:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/13/theseattletribunecom/idaho-woman-was-not-sentenced-prison-breastfeeding/


claimant: Marjorie Taylor Greene
claim_date: 2023-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Marjorie Taylor Greene distorts Zelenskyy’s comments about sending US troops to war
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/03/marjorie-taylor-greene/marjorie-taylor-greene-distorts-zelenskyys-comment/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Tim Kaine proposed $4 billion tax increase during first week as governor
review_date: 2016-07-28T21:56:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In first week as governor, Tim Kaine “proposed a nearly $4 billion tax increase, $4 billion, including a tax increase on people earning as little as $17,000 a year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-tim-kaine-proposed-4-billion-tax/


text: Says U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin voted to "force seniors to pay more for prescription drugs."
claimant: End Citizens United
claim_date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: PAC ad say Bruce Poliquin voted to force seniors to pay more for prescription drugs
review_date: 2016-08-30T22:04:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/30/end-citizens-united/pac-ad-say-bruce-poliquin-voted-force-seniors-pay-/


claimant: Jeanine Pirro
claim_date: 2020-08-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/14/jeanine-pirro-suggests-without-evidence-biden-wont/
title: Jeanine Pirro suggests, without evidence, that Biden won’t be on Election Day ballot
textual_rating: Unproven speculation, no evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I just have this feeling that Joe Biden isn’t going to be on the ticket. I have a sense that something is going to happen before the election and he’s not even going to be on the ticket."


claimant: Ivanka Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Ivanka Trump right about role of 'skills gap' in unfilled jobs
review_date: 2017-06-19T14:48:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/16/ivanka-trump/ivanka-trump-mostly-right-role-skills-gap-unfilled/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2020-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show a woman George Floyd assaulted
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says photo of beaten woman is Aracely Henriquez, a pregnant woman who George Floyd assaulted during an armed robbery.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/16/instagram-posts/no-photo-doesnt-show-woman-george-floyd-allegedly-/


text: "I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's claim of 'no financial interests' in Saudi Arabia? That's Half True at best
review_date: 2018-10-18T20:25:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/18/donald-trump/donald-trumps-claim-no-financial-interests-saudi-a/


claimant: Ben Wikler
claim_date: 2021-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Foxconn deal was largest government incentive package offered to a foreign company
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rebecca Kleefisch played a key role in the Foxconn deal, “the largest attempted government handout to a foreign company in American history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/26/ben-wikler/yes-foxconn-deal-was-largest-government-incentive-/


claimant: Drew Ferguson
claim_date: 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jul/11/why-us-selling-stockpiled-oil-china-we-have-answer/
title: Why is the US selling stockpiled oil to China? We have answers
textual_rating: Misunderstands global oil market
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"While Americans are paying record high prices at the pump, this administration decides to give our oil to the EU and China."


claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2016-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Reince Priebus says Trump, Congress have similar immigration policies
review_date: 2016-11-18T18:20:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President-elect Trump's immigration policies are very similar to policies that are sitting right in the Senate and the House today to temporarily suspend immigration from countries that harbor terrorism, to temporarily suspend immigration from Syria until we get better vetting."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/18/reince-priebus/reince-priebus-says-trump-congress-have-similar-im/


text: Says Joe Biden said, “I don’t know what I’m signing,” while signing a document.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: It's not clear what Biden said while signing document
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/29/facebook-posts/no-evidence-biden-said-i-dont-know-what-im-signing/


text: “CDC says new COVID variant is more contagious among vaccinated people than those unvaccinated.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: CDC didn’t say vaccinated people are likelier to get the new COVID-19 variant than unvaccinated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/30/viral-image/cdc-didnt-say-vaccinated-people-are-likelier-to-ge/


claimant: Marianne Williamson
claim_date: 2019-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Marianne Williamson on school funding in the United States
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We are the only advanced industrialized nation that bases our educational funding on property taxes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/31/marianne-williamson/fact-checking-marianne-williamson-school-funding-u/


text: "Amy, I looked online at your (health care) plan. It’s two paragraphs."
claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2020-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren wrong to say Amy Klobuchar’s health plan is just two paragraphs long
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/elizabeth-warren/elizabeth-warren-wrong-say-amy-klobuchars-health-p/


text: “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
claimant: Amy Pechacek
claim_date: 2020-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin cleared one backlog of unemployment claims in late 2020, but other backlogs exist
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/17/amy-pechacek/wisconsin-cleared-one-backlog-unemployment-claims-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/24/fact-checking-donald-trumps-monday-speech-2020-rnc/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's Monday speech at the 2020 RNC
review_date: 2020-08-25T04:56:58Z
textual_rating: Garbled recollection
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We fixed a horrible deal that was made with South Korea. Remember, that was a Hillary Clinton special. She said, ‘This will produce 250,000 jobs.’ And she was right. Except unfortunately, the jobs went to South Korea, not to us."


text: "Gas prices are the lowest in the U.S. in over ten years!"
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump right that gas prices are now lowest in over 10 years?
review_date: 2017-07-06T16:07:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-gas-prices-now-lowest-over-10-y/


claimant: North Carolina Republican Party
claim_date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Republicans mostly wrong about NC governor breaking Supreme Court tradition
review_date: 2019-02-27T22:07:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says replacing NC Supreme Court Chief Justice with most experienced justice is a "longstanding, nonpartisan tradition."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/27/north-carolina-republican-party/republicans-mostly-wrong-about-nc-governor-breakin/


text: “Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi didn’t gift Floyd family ‘special service flag’ reserved for military
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/blog-posting/pelosi-didnt-gift-floyd-family-special-service-fla/


text: "People are being diagnosed with delta variant" even though "there is no delta variant test."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Large-scale testing, not individual testing, tells when delta variant causes COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/26/facebook-posts/large-scale-not-individual-testing-tells-when-delt/


text: Photo shows Jeffrey Epstein and Kamala Harris posing together.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Doctored photo appears to show Kamala Harris with Jeffrey Epstein
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/20/viral-image/doctored-photo-appears-show-kamala-harris-jeffrey-/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Those tweets are fake. Florida doctor didn’t say COVID vaccines were ‘actual poison’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A doctor tweeted that she doesn’t regret giving the COVID-19 vaccine, “even if it turns out I injected you with actual poison and you only have days to live.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/06/instagram-posts/those-tweets-are-fake-florida-doctor-didnt-say-cov/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Is Joe Biden right that a new Medicare drug law will save $160 billion over 10 years?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/31/joe-biden/is-joe-biden-right-that-new-medicare-drug-law-will/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2015-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton revisits Florida's 2000 and 2004 voter purge when Jeb Bush was governor
review_date: 2016-05-11T18:19:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000" and "in 2004 a plan to purge even more voters was headed off."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jun/09/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-revisits-floridas-2000-and-2004-vo/


claimant: Edward Markey
claim_date: 2017-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wants to expand oil drilling despite Congress not adding safety rules, Senator says
review_date: 2017-04-21T20:54:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/21/edward-markey/trump-wants-expand-oil-drilling-despite-congress-n/


claimant: Mandela Barnes
claim_date: 2020-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Barnes misses with claim linking cut in polling places with 'racist disenfranchisement'
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/mandela-barnes/barnes-misses-claim-linking-cut-polling-places-rac/


text: "All charter schools are not-for-profit."
claimant: Bob Cortes
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Are all Florida charter schools not-for-profit?
review_date: 2017-04-27T16:26:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/bob-cortes/are-all-florida-charter-schools-not-profit/


text: "Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."
claimant: Barbara Dittrich
claim_date: 2021-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, marijuana is stronger than it used to be
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/barbara-dittrich/yes-marijuana-stronger-it-used-be/


text: “Congress files charges against Nancy Pelosi.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Congress didn’t charge Nancy Pelosi for ripping up State of the Union copy
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/26/blog-posting/congress-didnt-charge-nancy-pelosi-ripping-state-u/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/24/donald-trump-made-8-misleading-claims-about-immigr/
title: Donald Trump made 8 misleading claims about immigration on Fox and Friends
review_date: 2018-05-24T17:50:40Z
textual_rating: Vetted by State Dept.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
‘(The diversity visa) lottery is ridiculous, as you know. They take people from a lottery where you can imagine these countries are not putting their finest in that lottery.’


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/18/fact-checking-night-one-2020-dnc/
title: Fact-checking night one of the 2020 DNC
review_date: 2020-08-18T05:26:20Z
textual_rating: Trump tweeted about Trudeau
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump "blames the prime minister of Canada for cutting him out of the Canadian version of ‘Home Alone 2.’"


claimant: Kelda Roys
claim_date: 2021-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, five abortion restrictions that took away services passed under Kleefisch and Walker
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/kelda-helen-roys/yes-five-abortion-restrictions-took-away-services-/


text: Says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming Supreme Court nominees."
claimant: Maggie Hassan
claim_date: 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Hassan says Gorsuch should be held to a 60-vote threshold for confirmation
review_date: 2017-04-01T18:54:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/31/maggie-hassan/hassan-says-gorsuch-should-be-held-60-vote-thresho/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: NFL player stood alone during national anthem, but says he did it by mistake
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
NFL player “stood alone" while his whole team stayed in the locker room during the national anthem, “a real American patriot!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/01/viral-image/nfl-player-stood-alone-during-national-anthem-says/


text: “You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.
claimant: Dr. Drew Pinsky
claim_date: 2020-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Are you more likely to die from the flu than coronavirus? It’s complicated
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/dr-drew-pinsky/are-you-more-likely-die-flu-coronavirus-its-compli/


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: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders unity platform would "stop all deportation. So if we get a MS-13 gang member, which we've taken out of our country by the thousands — brought them back to Honduras, Guatemala — can't do that anymore."


text: A New York election results map is evidence of fraud.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, this map doesn’t delegitimize the New York governor’s race
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/11/viral-image/no-this-map-doesnt-delegitimize-the-new-york-gover/


text: “Marines neutralize fleeing FEMA convoy in Maui.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fabricated story fantasizes about Maui gunfight between U.S. Marine Corps and FEMA agents
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/24/instagram-posts/fabricated-story-fantasizes-about-maui-gunfight-be/


text: Video shows Mitch McConnell saying Nancy Pelosi “should be jailed!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, McConnell didn’t say Pelosi should be jailed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/18/facebook-posts/no-mcconnell-didnt-say-pelosi-should-be-jailed/


text: Video shows officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, "illegally breaking into" voting machines.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona video shows routine, pre-election preparations, not foul play, officials said
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/31/instagram-posts/arizona-video-shows-routine-pre-election-preparati/


text: Monkeypox is biological warfare “against us by our governments.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, monkeypox outbreaks aren’t due to biological warfare by our governments
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/24/facebook-posts/no-monkeypox-outbreaks-arent-due-biological-warfar/


text: "Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers."
claimant: Thom TIllis
claim_date: 2017-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Was 2016 'one of the deadliest years ever' for police officers in the US?
review_date: 2017-05-24T16:29:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/23/thom-tillis/was-2016-one-deadliest-years-ever-police-officers-/


text: Video shows President Donald Trump saying COVID-19 is Democrats’ “new hoax.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Ad Watch: Biden video twists Trump’s words on coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/15/joe-biden/ad-watch-biden-video-twists-trumps-words-coronavir/


text: “There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”
claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Pete Buttigieg is right: Racism shaped some urban highways
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/15/pete-buttigieg/pete-buttigieg-right-racism-shaped-some-urban-high/


text: Says Democrats "blocked the Iowa poll" and "blocked the Iowa caucus."
claimant: Organizers for Bernie 2020
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Iowa poll or caucus were ‘blocked’ by Democrats
review_date: 2020-02-05T01:11:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/04/organizers-bernie-2020/no-evidence-iowa-poll-or-caucus-were-blocked-democ/


text: Says his campaign has received donations from "more than 7,000 contributors."
claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2017-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum overcounts campaign donors
review_date: 2017-06-14T17:23:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/14/andrew-gillum/democratic-candidate-governor-andrew-gillum-overco/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Canada did not criminalize COVID-19 restrictions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Canada has just criminalized all CV19 measures requiring masks, distancing, quarantining & vaccines.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/11/facebook-posts/no-canada-did-not-criminalize-covid-19-restriction/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claims a photo shows the Bidens playing golf with a Ukrainian company ‘boss.’ But it doesn’t
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Sleepy Joe said he never spoke to the Ukrainian company, and then the picture came out where he was playing golf with the company boss and Hunter."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/08/donald-trump/trump-claims-photo-shows-bidens-playing-golf-ukrai/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: No connection between the US national elections and international pandemics
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/facebook-posts/no-connection-between-us-national-elections-and-in/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Clinton did not give North Korea $3 billion for nothing, as Donald Trump said
review_date: 2018-06-13T16:37:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bill Clinton "spent $3 billion and got nothing. And (North Korea) started making nuclear weapons a day later."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/13/donald-trump/bill-clinton-north-korea-3-billion-nuclear/


claimant: John Hickenlooper
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/28/fact-checking-2nd-night-democratic-debate-miami/
title: Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami
review_date: 2019-06-28T16:49:26Z
textual_rating: Deadline lacks nuance
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I share the sense of urgency. I’m a scientist, so I recognize that we’re within 10 or 12 years of actually suffering irreversible damage (of climate change)."


text: Photo that shows COVID-19 test swabs labeled positive and negative proves that the tests are fixed.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Labeled swabs in photo are for quality control, not a sign COVID-19 tests are fixed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/28/instagram-posts/labeled-swabs-photo-are-quality-control-not-sign-c/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, this crucifixion photo doesn’t show pandemic protesters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/27/viral-image/no-crucifixion-photo-doesnt-show-pandemic-proteste/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-07-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jul/14/are-state-legislators-really-seeking-power-overrul/
title: Are state legislators really seeking power to overrule the voters?
textual_rating: Powers are largely speculative
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Some state legislators ... want the ability to reject the final count and ignore the will of the people if their preferred candidate loses."


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/fact-checking-bernie-sanders-milford-nh/
title: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders in Milford, New Hampshire before the primary
review_date: 2020-02-05T21:20:32Z
textual_rating: This checks out
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In America, we are spending twice as much on health care as the people of Canada or any other major countries."


claimant: Tom Nelson
claim_date: 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: In U.S. House race, Republican accused of backing cuts to two-thirds of Social Security recipients
review_date: 2016-09-26T18:40:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/sep/23/tom-nelson/us-house-race-republican-accused-backing-cuts-two-/

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/23/tom-nelson/us-house-race-republican-accused-backing-cuts-two-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, report does not say Biden administration is busing migrants to red states
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Report: Biden administration busing ‘thousands’ of illegals to red states to get permanent status.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/07/blog-posting/no-report-does-not-say-biden-administration-busing/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Video footage shows Bernie Sanders talking about racial stereotypes — not making racist comments
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bernie Sanders said, “Italians are gangsters and Irish are drunk and Jews are greedy and black people smell.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/facebook-posts/video-footage-shows-bernie-sanders-talking-about-r/


claimant: Jennifer Granholm
claim_date: 2016-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton surrogate spins Clinton Foundation defense
review_date: 2016-08-24T17:40:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "abided by the ethics agreement" between the Clinton Foundation and the Obama administration.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/24/jennifer-granholm/clinton-surrogate-spins-clinton-foundation-defense/


text: Says former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominations "required 60 votes."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2017-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders said Obama's SCOTUS nominees 'required' 60 votes, but it's more complicated
review_date: 2017-02-09T22:52:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/09/bernie-sanders/sanders-said-obamas-scotus-nominees-required-60-vo/


text: "Mark Harris worked to stop Trump from being president."
claimant: Robert Pittenger
claim_date: 2018-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Pittenger misleads about his opponent's support for Trump
review_date: 2018-03-16T19:42:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/16/robert-pittenger/pittenger-misleads-about-his-opponents-support-tru/


claimant: Patrick Gaspard
claim_date: 2022-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. economic growth exceeds rivals’ and has contributed to inflation
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at a far faster pace than any other country in the OECD."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/16/patrick-gaspard/us-economic-growth-exceeds-rivals-and-has-contribu/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Washington didn’t say that a government that ‘mistrusts citizens with guns’ has ‘evil plans’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/03/facebook-posts/washington-didnt-say-government-mistrusts-citizens/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/28/fact-checking-donald-trumps-2020-rnc-speech/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 RNC speech
review_date: 2020-08-28T05:11:11Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Biden has promised to abolish the production of American oil, coal, shale, and natural gas – laying waste to the economies of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico."


text: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Rep. Katie Porter didn’t call pedophilia an ‘identity’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/16/viral-image/katie-porter-didnt-call-pedophilia-an-identity/


text: Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."
claimant: John Kerry
claim_date: 2018-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: John Kerry rebuts Trump, says NATO spending was up, not down
review_date: 2018-07-12T22:09:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/12/john-kerry/john-kerry-rebuts-trump-nato-spending-was-not-down/


text: Police report shows “massive 2020 voter fraud uncovered in Michigan.”
claimant: The Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2023-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, suspected voter registration irregularities in Michigan did not result in 2020 election fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/14/gateway-pundit/suspected-voter-registration-irregularities-in-mic/


text: Says "Ron Johnson calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme and wants to privatize the program."
claimant: Americans United for Change
claim_date: 2016-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Does GOP Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson call Social Security a Ponzi scheme and back privatizing it?
review_date: 2016-11-04T23:34:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/04/americans-united-change/does-gop-wisconsin-sen-ron-johnson-call-social-sec/


text: Says 89 members of Congress "hold dual citizenship with Israel."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, members of Congress don't have automatic dual citizenship with Israel
review_date: 2019-02-25T20:17:22Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/25/blog-posting/no-members-congress-dont-have-dual-citizenship-isr/


claimant: Vladimir Putin
claim_date: 2022-02-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/feb/23/putins-one-sided-history-ukraines-relationship/
title: Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia
textual_rating: An inaccurate, one-sided view
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia."


text: Says over 1,000 mail in ballots were found in a dumpster in California.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Ballots in California dumpster were actually old, empty envelopes from 2018 election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/facebook-posts/ballots-california-dumpster-were-actually-old-empt/


text: "There are at least twice as many licensed firearm dealers in California as there are McDonald’s."
claimant: Safety For All Initiative
claim_date: 2016-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: It's no Whopper: Licensed gun dealers outnumber McDonald’s about 2-to-1 in California
review_date: 2016-07-20T23:13:56Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/safety-all-initiative/its-no-whopper-licensed-gun-dealers-outnumber-mcdo/


text: Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
claimant: Carlos Beruff
claim_date: 2016-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Deal allows Iran to produce nuclear weapon, U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff says
review_date: 2016-05-11T19:52:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/11/carlos-beruff/deal-allows-iran-produce-nuclear-weapon-us-senate-/


text: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."
claimant: Sean Duffy
claim_date: 2017-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Vermont single-payer was scrapped because it was going bankrupt? No, it was never implemented
review_date: 2017-09-20T16:34:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/20/sean-duffy/vermont-single-payer-was-scrapped-because-it-was-g/


claimant: Rebecca Kleefisch,
claim_date: 2021-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Kleefisch misses mark with claim that the FBI will be targeting parents on critical race theory
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/09/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-misses-mark-claim-fbi-parents-and-critic/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O’Rourke said Texas was warned for years about power grid
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-said-texas-was-warned-years-about-pow/


text: Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said Bloomberg polled poorly in tough times, but that's not always true
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/donald-trump/trump-said-bloomberg-polled-poorly-tough-times-s-n/


text: Photo shows people protesting against “vaccine tyranny” in France.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: This is a photo of a World Cup celebration in France, not an anti-vaccine protest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/21/viral-image/photo-world-cup-celebration-france-not-anti-vaccin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/31/fact-checking-donald-trumps-2018-state-union-speec/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union speech
review_date: 2018-01-31T03:43:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of our people."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump leaves out the facts in claim about visa lottery
review_date: 2018-01-31T03:43:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of our people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-leaves-out-facts-claim-about-visa-lot/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Supreme Court gun decision dealt with protecting toddlers
review_date: 2016-10-20T03:00:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-supreme-court-gun-decision-de/


text: The storming of the Capitol was staged.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, the storming of the Capitol wasn’t a false flag
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/instagram-posts/no-storming-capitol-wasnt-false-flag/


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: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders unity platform, "what they're going to do is they're going to rip down the wall. They're taking it down."


text: “Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.”
claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2020-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Facebook post on Amy Klobuchar, refugee resettlement
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/17/breitbart/fact-checking-facebook-post-amy-klobuchar-refugee-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Trump didn’t rescue children born into sex slavery under Central Park, despite online claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former President Donald Trump rescued deformed children who were born into sex slavery in tunnels under Central Park in New York.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/14/instagram-posts/trump-didnt-rescue-children-born-into-sex-slavery/


text: "Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica."
claimant: Brahma Chellaney
claim_date: 2016-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Asia is the most water-strapped continent
review_date: 2017-01-06T18:33:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/06/brahma-chellaney/yes-asia-most-water-strapped-continent/


text: Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, these aren’t photos of trashed 2022 election 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/viral-image/no-these-arent-photos-of-trashed-2022-election-bal/


text: "Black business ownership jumped 400% in one year."
claimant: Think Americana
claim_date: 2018-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Black business ownership didn’t increase 400 percent this year
review_date: 2018-08-27T18:56:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/27/blog-posting/black-business-ownership-didnt-increase-400-percen/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump shares misleading, decade-old photo in attack on Biden and DOJ
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows President Joe Biden sitting with “Lisa Monaco, second in charge of the DOJ, probably working on future Plots and Schemes against Republicans.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/21/donald-trump/trump-shares-misleading-decade-old-photo-in-attack/


text: An image shows animals burning in the Australia wildfires
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, that viral image of a tiger burning is not from Australia’s wildfires
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/viral-image/no-viral-image-tiger-burning-not-australias-wildfi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claim of ‘best numbers’ at the border
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/20/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim-best-numbers-bor/


claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2016-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: False: Greg Abbott's claim that arms treaty could give U.N. authority to police guns
review_date: 2016-12-22T21:46:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/22/greg-abbott/false-greg-abbotts-claim-arms-treaty-could-give-un/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/12/fact-checking-donald-trumps-fox-news-interview-pol/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests
review_date: 2020-06-12T21:23:13Z
textual_rating: Not high on list
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, cause he did good although it’s always questionable, you know in other words, the end result."


claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: A Nashville nurse did not develop Bell’s Palsy after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A registered nurse in Nashville, Tenn., developed Bell’s Palsy after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/30/youtube-videos/nashville-nurse-did-not-develop-bells-palsy-after-/


text: "Top Democrats refuse to stand for Gold Star widow."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Reports falsely accuse Democrats of refusing to stand for Gold Star widow
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/01/blog-posting/reports-falsely-accuse-democrats-refusing-stand-go/


text: "I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely says ICE liberated towns from MS-13 control
review_date: 2018-07-09T20:22:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/09/donald-trump/did-ice-liberate-towns-donald-trump-claimed-have-w/


text: Video shows President Joe Biden recalling an alien encounter.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: That video of President Joe Biden discussing aliens is so far out it’s fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/that-video-of-president-joe-biden-discussing-alien/


text: “Coronavirus — 22. Clintons — 39.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Clintons aren’t responsible for more deaths than the coronavirus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/facebook-posts/no-clintons-arent-responsible-more-deaths-coronavi/


claimant: Mahlon Mitchell
claim_date: 2018-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Governor candidate Mahlon Mitchell didn't initially fight Scott Walker's Act 10 union-curbing law
review_date: 2018-03-07T16:36:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/07/mahlon-mitchell/first-response-was-applaud-walker-recognizing-fire/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on how little some corporations pay in taxes
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/12/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-corporation-taxes/


text: Says a photo shows that climate change protesters left trash all over their protest side.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: This photo doesn’t show trash left by climate strike protesters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/24/facebook-posts/photo-doesnt-show-trash-left-climate-strike-protes/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: The false claim that 100,000 Wisconsin voters registered more than 100 years ago
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/14/facebook-posts/false-claim-100000-wisconsin-voters-registered-mor/


text: A video shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: How a deepfake video of Ron DeSantis dropping out went viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/07/social-media/how-a-deepfake-video-of-ron-desantis-dropping-out/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Post about Nike factory workers uses outdated numbers for pay, hours
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Nike pays factory workers, 80% of whom are women, "20 cents an hour" and has them work "70 to 80 hours a week."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/22/facebook-posts/post-about-nike-factory-workers-uses-outdated-numb/


text: Video shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Congress didn’t ‘erupt’ when Sen. Ted Cruz made these comments
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/31/facebook-posts/no-congress-didnt-erupt-when-sen-ted-cruz-made-the/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: FBI director didn’t confirm Joe Biden bribery investigation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"FBI director Wray confirms Joe Biden is under criminal investigation for Ukrainian bribes by the U.S. attorney in Delaware then tries to backpedal.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/07/instagram-posts/fbi-director-didnt-confirm-joe-biden-bribery-inves/


claimant: Josh Earnest
claim_date: 2016-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Surprise! Faced with Zika, South Florida fosters a mess of mosquitoes
review_date: 2016-08-05T18:15:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/05/josh-earnest/surprise-zika-south-florida-fosters-mosquitoes/


claimant: Herschel Walker
claim_date: 2022-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim about the shutdown of a camp run by Raphael Warnock’s former Baltimore church
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/29/herschel-walker/no-evidence-that-findings-of-child-abuse-led-to-on/


text: A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Gov. Tony Evers doesn’t tell whole story with claim that new Foxconn deal saves taxpayers $2.77B
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/30/tony-evers/gov-tony-evers-doesnt-tell-whole-story-claim-new-f/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2016-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: We Googled 'Trump Polish workers.' Here's what we found
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:25:48Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/26/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-donald-trump-had-pay-1-million-hi/


claimant: Bike Austin
claim_date: 2016-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Bike Austin says bike lanes, sidewalks reduce Austin crashes up to 38 percent
review_date: 2016-07-30T00:38:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Bike lanes and sidewalks have been proven to reduce crashes by up to 38 percent on Austin’s streets."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/bike-austin/bike-austin-says-bike-lanes-sidewalks-reduce-austi/


text: “Military, Trump thwart deep state blackout.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Website claiming Trump thwarted deep state blackout is known for publishing fabricated stories
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/08/facebook-posts/website-claiming-trump-thwarted-deep-state-blackou/


claimant: TikTok
claim_date: 2021-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Biden administration not planning an international committee to oversee US gun rights
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Biden administration wants to create an international oversight committee” to alter or cancel Second Amendment rights.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/01/tiktok-posts/biden-administration-not-planning-international-co/


text: As a result of Roe vs. Wade, "America’s maternal mortality rate dropped dramatically."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton: Pregnancy-related deaths dropped after Roe vs. Wade legalized abortion
review_date: 2016-06-24T15:42:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/24/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-pregnancy-related-deaths-dropped-a/


text: Historic photos are evidence these celebrities were cloned.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Any resemblance is purely coincidental: These pictures aren’t proof of celebrity clones
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/viral-image/the-resemblance-is-purely-coincidental-these-pictu/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Letting a fever run to fight coronavirus could be risky
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/facebook-posts/letting-fever-run-fight-coronavirus-could-be-risky/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/feb/15/did-nfl-ask-eminem-not-kneel-what-we-know-about-su/
title: Did the NFL ask Eminem not to kneel? What we know about Super Bowl halftime show claims
textual_rating: Inconclusive evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The NFL asked Eminem not to kneel and Dr. Dre was told to take out negative references to police in his lyrics for the Super Bowl halftime show.


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claims bivalent booster vaccine increases chances of COVID-19 infection
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/20/ron-desantis/gov-ron-desantis-falsely-claims-bivalent-booster-v/


text: "If your body's pH is alkaline, you cannot get cancer. And if you have cancer, it goes away."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, your body’s pH levels can’t prevent you from getting cancer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/26/viral-image/no-your-bodys-ph-levels-cant-prevent-you-getting-c/


text: Says Greta Thunberg said, "the climate crisis doesn’t exist."
claimant: Republican Party News
claim_date: 2021-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Manipulated video distorts Greta Thunberg’s comments on climate change
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/22/instagram-posts/manipulated-video-distorts-greta-thunbergs-comment/


claimant: Lovely Warren
claim_date: 2020-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Rochester mayor lacked context on coronavirus’ racial disparities
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/lovely-warren/rochester-mayor-lacked-context-coronavirus-racial-/


text: Says Joe Biden and Democrats "have not legitimately won" the presidency.
claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: On Inauguration Day, Rush Limbaugh falsely claims Joe Biden didn’t ‘legitimately’ win
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/21/rush-limbaugh/inauguration-day-rush-limbaugh-falsely-claims-joe-/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Viral TikTok video of Kim Jong Un uses made-up English subtitles
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows Kim Jong Un calling Joe Biden a "thug," a "coward," and "mentally unstable" in a speech.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/tiktok-posts/viral-tiktok-video-kim-jong-un-uses-made-english-s/


text: "Eight in 10 people this year can find plans for $75 a month or less."
claimant: Barack Obama
title: Can 8 in 10 people get health coverage for under $75? Not most Americans
review_date: 2017-11-06T16:13:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/06/barack-obama/can-eight-10-people-get-health-coverage-under-75-n/


claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Did Paul Davis vote to allow strip clubs to open nears homes and schools?
review_date: 2018-10-01T17:02:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Kansas U.S. House candidate Paul Davis was caught with a stripper during a drug raid and later voted to "allow strip clubs to open near homes, churches, schools and daycare facilities."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/01/congressional-leadership-fund/did-paul-davis-vote-allow-strip-clubs-open-nears-h/


claimant: Liz Wheeler
claim_date: 2021-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Journal discredits study it published claiming a COVID-19 vaccine causes deaths
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A “peer reviewed, scientific study showed that the COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/02/liz-wheeler/journal-discredits-study-it-published-claiming-cov/


text: “Hillary Clinton is for open borders.”
claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Rudy Giuliani wrongly says Hillary Clinton is for open borders
review_date: 2016-07-19T03:11:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/rudy-giuliani/rudy-giuliani-wrongly-says-hillary-clinton-open-bo/


text: "Of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim of 'large scale voter fraud'
review_date: 2016-10-18T13:37:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/17/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-large-scale-voter-f/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/11/donald-trump/trump-ad-takes-fauci-out-context/
title: Trump ad takes Fauci out of context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.”


claimant: Dave Brat
claim_date: 2017-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Dave Brat claims DACA leads to chain migration of up to 4 million. That's False
review_date: 2017-09-15T15:24:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/15/dave-brat/rep-dave-brats-false-claim-about-daca-chain-migrat/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: A social media post using old Fauci email falsely claims that Fauci ‘lied’ about mask wearing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An email from Dr. Anthony Fauci shows "everyone was lied to" about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/02/instagram-posts/post-using-old-fauci-email-falsely-claims-fauci-li/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post makes unproven claim about police funding and homicides
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/facebook-posts/facebook-post-makes-unproven-claim-about-police-fu/


text: “Putin bombs Biden-owned villa in Ukraine while hammering biolabs & pedophile rings.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Story that claims Putin bombed a Biden-owned villa and 'hammered' biolabs, pedophile rings is bogus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/08/blog-posting/story-claims-putin-bombed-biden-owned-villa-and-ha/


claimant: Jack Posobiec
claim_date: 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Tanya Chutkan is not only D.C. judge to give harsher Jan. 6 sentences than government requested
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/02/jack-posopiec/no-tanya-chutkan-is-not-only-dc-judge-to-give-hars/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, using Tylenol isn't killing ‘at least 100,000’ people per year
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Tylenol is the #1 cause of acute liver failure in the US with 27% of people dying & kills at least 100,000 per year from its use.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/29/facebook-posts/no-using-tylenol-isnt-killing-least-100000-people-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump embellishes details of Dr. Deborah Birx’s Thanksgiving weekend trip
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Deborah Birx “traveled a great distance to see her family for Thanksgiving — only to have them call the police and turn her in. She then ... resigned.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-embellishes-details-dr-deborah-birxs-/


text: A video shows an animal chip scanner detecting a microchip where a woman was vaccinated.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Video of a microchip reader finding a chip in a vaccinated woman’s arm was posted as a joke
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/01/instagram-posts/video-microchip-reader-finding-chip-vaccinated-wom/


text: Says Claire McCaskill "even said this about private planes, ‘that normal people can afford it.’"
claimant: Senate Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Did Claire McCaskill say normal people can afford a private plane?
review_date: 2018-10-17T17:58:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/17/senate-leadership-fund/did-claire-mccaskill-say-normal-people-can/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pastor David Wilkerson did not predict that the COVID-19 pandemic would shut down the economy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 1986, the founder of the Times Square Church prophesied that he saw “a plague coming on the world and the bars and church and government will shut down,” with New York City especially hard hit.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/24/facebook-posts/no-pastor-david-wilkerson-did-not-predict-covid-19/


claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2021-01-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/13/fact-checking-house-impeachment-debate-about-trump/
title: Fact-checking the House impeachment debate about Trump, Capitol riot
review_date: 2021-01-14T00:28:04Z
textual_rating: This is wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Trump rightly pointed out the improper activities of the Biden crime family and subsequently he's been proven right."


text: The Republican tax bill "lets every American keep more of what they earned."
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2017-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Will 'every American' get a tax cut from House GOP bill?
review_date: 2017-11-09T21:23:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/09/kevin-mccarthy/will-every-american-get-tax-cut-house-gop-bill/


text: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2014-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Critics say Elizabeth Warren 'lives in a $5.4 million mansion'
review_date: 2017-04-12T19:53:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/oct/29/facebook-posts/critics-say-elizabeth-warren-lives-54-million-mans/


text: "Putin issues international arrest warrant for Soros"
claimant: Viral Politics US
claim_date: 2018-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that Putin issued arrest warrant for Soros
review_date: 2018-03-16T15:04:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/16/viralpoliticsus/no-proof-putin-issued-arrest-warrant-soros/


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2017-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin want a $25,000-an-hour government jet for his honeymoon?
review_date: 2017-09-18T19:30:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/18/mark-pocan/did-us-treasury-secretary-steve-mnuchin-want-25000/


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2019-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Vos misses mark with claim over timing of disability accommodation dispute
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/30/robin-vos/vos-misses-mark-claim-over-timing-disability-accom/


claimant: Deborah Ross
claim_date: 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did Richard Burr vote to protect tax breaks for companies that move overseas?
review_date: 2016-11-03T17:26:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Richard Burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/02/deborah-ross/did-richard-burr-vote-protect-tax-breaks-companies/


text: Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."
claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2015-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton took money from the kings of four countries, GOP chief Reince Priebus says
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:04:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/apr/20/reince-priebus/hillary-clinton-took-money-kings-four-countries-go/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama did not settle 1 million ‘Islamics’ in Minnesota
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/17/facebook-posts/no-obama-did-not-settle-1-million-islamics-minneso/


text: Kobe Bryant’s wife “recorded her suicide after depression attack this morning.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: This headline about Kobe Bryant’s wife’s death is a gruesome hoax
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/03/blog-posting/headline-about-kobe-bryants-wifes-death-gruesome-h/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2016-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Claim Loretta Sanchez ‘passed one bill in 20 years’: Technically correct, but misleading
review_date: 2016-10-06T23:06:07Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez "has passed one bill in her 20 years in office, and that was to rename a post office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/06/kamala-harris/claim-loretta-sanchez-passed-one-bill-20-years-tec/


text: “New York leads the U.S. in population loss.”
claimant: Lee Zeldin
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Does New York lead the nation in population loss?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/06/lee-zeldin/does-new-york-lead-nation-population-loss/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, the story about 11-year-old girl who shot two ‘illegal aliens’ in Montana is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/24/facebook-posts/no-story-about-11-year-old-girl-who-shot-two-illeg/


text: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Shell announced plans to cut jobs before the election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/08/facebook-posts/shell-announced-plans-cut-jobs-election/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Numbers on COVID-19 and H1N1 don't prove current outbreak response is 'hysteria'
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/viral-image/numbers-suggesting-h1n1-worse-covid-19-are-mislead/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that Mercedes, BMW import cars to U.S. by the millions
review_date: 2018-07-02T16:45:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-mercedes-bmw-import-cars-us-mil/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASCAR didn’t say noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage was an automotive belt
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says NASCAR announced that driver Bubba Wallace mistook a serpentine automotive belt for a noose in his garage stall.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/22/facebook-posts/no-nascar-didnt-say-noose-found-bubba-wallaces-gar/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Batch of faulty CDC COVID-19 tests didn’t contain the live virus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Federal officials confirmed that the CDC “sent states tainted lab test kits in early February that were themselves seeded with the virus.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/08/facebook-posts/batch-faulty-cdc-covid-19-tests-didnt-contain-live/


claimant: Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-02-19T00:00:00Z
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: 2018-02-21T21:47:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Rick Scott "ended $20 million in funding for mental health care despite Florida already ranking at the bottom."


claimant: Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Democatic Party says Gov. Scott ended a stream of mental health funding
review_date: 2018-02-21T21:47:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Rick Scott "ended $20 million in funding for mental health care despite Florida already ranking at the bottom."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/21/florida-democratic-party/florida-democatic-party-says-gov-scott-ended-strea/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that World Economic Forum is hiring only unvaccinated pilots don’t fly
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The World Economic Forum hired “unvaccinated pilots” to fly people into Davos, Switzerland, for its annual meeting for safety reasons.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/18/blog-posting/claims-that-world-economic-forum-is-hiring-only-un/


claimant: Jim Renacci
claim_date: 2018-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Following Trump endorsement, Jim Renacci cites polls showing strong Trump support in Ohio
review_date: 2018-05-04T15:24:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Trump is still supported by almost 85 percent of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio, and that's from recent polling, and still has a 58 percent approval rating in Ohio."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/04/jim-renacci/following-trump-endorsement-jim-renacci-cites-poll/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Post comparing U.S. police training and fatal shootings with Nordic countries lacks context
review_date: 2020-06-23T14:56:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/16/viral-image/post-comparing-us-police-training-and-fatal-shooti/


text: TikTok video shows Russian soldiers parachuting into Ukraine.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, this TikTok does not show Russian soldiers invading Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/25/tiktok-posts/no-tiktok-does-not-show-russian-soldiers-invading-/


text: The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Joe Biden’s defense of his 1994 crime bill and mass incarceration
review_date: 2019-05-30T19:58:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/30/joe-biden/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-mass-incarceration/


text: “With the ongoing pandemic, our State Park attendance is at the highest it’s ever been.”
claimant: Rob Ortt
claim_date: 2022-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Did N.Y. state park attendance set a record during the pandemic?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/09/robert-ortt/did-ny-state-park-attendance-set-record-during-pan/


text: Video shows Steve Bannon crying, “Trump is going to jail.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Steve Bannon didn’t say Trump is going to jail
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/19/facebook-posts/no-steve-bannon-didnt-say-trump-going-jail/


text: Says Donald "Trump decided to *not* work with Cambridge Analytica during the election."
claimant: Jack Posobiec
claim_date: 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump campaign used Cambridge Analytica in final months of campaign
review_date: 2018-03-21T19:31:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/21/jack-posopiec/trump-campaign-used-cambridge-analytica-final-mont/


claimant: Kirstjen Nielsen
claim_date: 2018-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Kirstjen Nielsen falsely says there are billboards in Central America on illegal immigration
review_date: 2018-07-23T17:28:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/23/kirstjen-nielsen/dhs-kirstjen-nielsen-falsely-says-there-are-billbo/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz says Obama administration prosecuted few people for lying during gun purchases
review_date: 2017-11-10T21:01:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/10/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-obama-administration-prosecuted-few-/


text: "West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
claimant: Woody Thrasher
claim_date: 2019-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Does West Virginia rank sixth in the nation in at-risk youth?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/06/woody-thrasher/does-west-virginia-rank-sixth-nation-risk-youth/


text: Photo shows Time magazine cover with Barack Obama that says “Treason.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: Viral video targeting Obama features an array of doctored photos and conspiracy theories
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/23/facebook-posts/viral-video-features-array-doctored-photos-and-con/


claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Trump supporter did not try to murder Rep. Maxine Waters following Trump 'threat'
review_date: 2018-06-28T17:12:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A Trump fan was just charged with trying to murder Maxine Waters on same day Trump threatened her."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/28/blog-posting/no-trump-supporter-did-not-try-murder-rep-maxine-w/


text: Says "Karen Handel’s office budget increased a whopping 42 percent."
claimant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2017-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: In Georgia, Dem attack on GOP's Handel falls wide of the mark
review_date: 2017-05-17T14:24:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/17/dccc-lgo/georgia-dem-attack-gops-handel-falls-wide-mark/


text: “People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, older Americans aren’t getting $1,728 more in Social Security
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/19/facebook-posts/no-older-americans-arent-getting-1728-more-social-/


text: A photo shows women who “gathered to scream at Trump through their vaginas.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows an art project, not a Trump protest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/viral-image/photo-shows-art-project-not-trump-protest/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's international comparison of 'merit-based' immigration, fact-checked
review_date: 2019-05-24T13:05:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/24/donald-trump/donald-trumps-international-comparison-merit-based/


text: "Alabama’s Crimson Tide was disqualified from national championship."
claimant: breakingnews365.net
claim_date: 2017-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news generator claims Alabama football disqualified from NCAA title hunt
review_date: 2017-11-01T21:01:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/01/breakingnews247net/fake-news-generator-claims-alabama-football-disqua/


text: Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, police officer is not the job with highest rate of suicide
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/facebook-posts/no-police-officer-not-job-highest-rate-suicide/


text: News outlets reported that the Nashville bomber died of COVID-19.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/29/facebook-posts/man-behind-nashville-bombing-was-killed-blast-no-n/

title:
The man behind the Nashville bombing was killed in the blast. No news outlet said he died from COVID


text: Congress created “a generous mortgage relief program” for veterans.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2021-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, there is no Congressional program providing 'generous mortgage relief' to veterans
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/facebook-posts/no-there-no-congressional-program-providing-genero/


text: “Fauci declares that all unvaccinated citizens must be locked down this winter.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Dr. Anthony Fauci did not say unvaccinated people should be ‘locked down’ this winter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/25/instagram-posts/dr-anthony-fauci-did-not-say-unvaccinated-people-s/


text: “Joe Exotic tests positive for coronavirus in prison. It’s been confirmed.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: It has not been confirmed that Joe Exotic has COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/blog-posting/it-has-not-been-confirmed-joe-exotic-has-covid-19/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/tim-kaine/did-trump-bail-building-condos-florida/
title: Did Trump bail on building condos in Florida?
review_date: 2016-07-29T04:10:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida retirees and families "lost tens of thousands of dollars" in deposits on failed Trump condo projects, but he "pocketed their money and walked away."


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2017-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: MOSTLY TRUE: Latinos 40 percent less likely to call police when victims of a crime
review_date: 2017-02-24T17:54:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Studies have shown Latinos are more than 40 percent less likely to call 911 when they have been a victim of a crime."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/24/kamala-harris/mostly-true-latinos-40-percent-less-likely-call-po/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/03/donald-trump/trump-inflates-insulin-help-seniors/
title: Trump inflates insulin help for seniors
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under an executive order, “expensive insulin went from big dollars to virtual pennies … especially (for) our seniors.”


text: Photo shows Facebook’s “community standards team.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show Facebook’s community standards team
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-facebooks-community-standards/


text: California "admitted" there were "a million" illegal votes in the 2016 presidential election.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: PANTS ON FIRE: Trump’s latest California voter fraud claim as baseless as past allegations
review_date: 2019-06-25T00:08:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/24/donald-trump/pants-fire-trumps-latest-california-voter-fraud-cl/


text: KFC tweeted an image of a chicken drumstick for Black History Month.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, KFC didn’t tweet a chicken drumstick for Black History Month
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/17/viral-image/no-kfc-didnt-tweet-a-chicken-drumstick-for-black-h/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: California’s trucking regulations may have had an impact on port backups, but there’s more to it
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/19/facebook-posts/californias-trucking-regulations-may-have-had-impa/


text: Sen. Thom Tillis voted to "take away" coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
claimant: Cal Cunningham
claim_date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Cunningham says Tills voted to 'take away' coverage for pre-existing conditions
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/cal-cunningham/cunningham-says-tills-voted-take-away-coverage-pre/


text: "Update: van full of illegals caught voting at multiple Alabama polling locations."
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2017-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, undocumented immigrants were not caught voting in Alabama Senate election
review_date: 2017-12-13T20:20:29Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/13/nofakenews-online/no-undocumented-immigrants-were-not-caught-voting-/


claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2018-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: How much does the US depend on imports for key minerals?
review_date: 2018-12-06T20:50:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States imports "50 percent of at least 50 mineral commodities each year, including 100 percent of 21 of them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/03/joe-manchin/how-much-does-us-depend-imports-key-minerals/


text: President Barack Obama attended “an Islamic madrassa.”
claimant: Pat Robertson
claim_date: 2016-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Pat Robertson misleadingly says Obama was schooled at 'Islamic madrassa'
review_date: 2016-07-05T20:20:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/05/pat-robertson/pat-robertson-misleadingly-says-obama-was-schooled/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Trump misleads in number of criminal immigrants illegally in country
review_date: 2016-11-15T22:45:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says there are "probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million" criminal immigrants in the country illegally.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/15/donald-trump/trump-misleads-number-criminal-immigrants-illegall/


claimant: Hakeem Jeffries
claim_date: 2018-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Did Trump's budget include a $2 trillion cut for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security?
review_date: 2018-05-04T20:39:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Donald Trump’s budget "threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/04/hakeem-jeffries/did-trumps-budget-include-2-trillion-cut-medicare-/


text: Richard Belzer died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence doesn’t support claim that Richard Belzer died because of COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/22/facebook-posts/evidence-doesnt-support-claim-that-richard-belzer/


claimant: Ashley Moody
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/12/florida-ag-says-assault-weapons-ban-would-ban-virt/
title: Would Florida proposal ban virtually all guns? Here’s what we know
textual_rating: Many guns still allowed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The way that they have phrased this language, it would ban virtually every firearm, including those that in no shape of the imagination would one think would be described as an assault weapon."


text: "95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2016-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Touting trade, Joe Biden says 95 percent of world's consumers are outside U.S.
review_date: 2016-07-15T21:24:19Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/15/joe-biden/touting-trade-joe-biden-says-95-percent-worlds-con/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: CNN didn't report that Uganda's president said it would be 'disgusting' to support Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A CNN headline shows Uganda’s president saying he doesn’t support Ukraine because it would be “disgusting.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/24/viral-image/no-evidence-cnn-reported-ugandas-president-said-it/


claimant: Snoop Dogg
claim_date: 2020-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, white people didn’t dub black boxer Jack Johnson’s invention a monkey wrench
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
While in prison, boxer Jack Johnson invented and patented the first wrench, and white people insulted him by calling it a “monkey wrench.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/snoop-dogg/no-white-people-didnt-dub-black-boxer-jack-johnson/


text: Says John Podesta’s email password was "password."
claimant: Jesse Watters
claim_date: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that John Podesta's email password was 'password' lacks evidence
review_date: 2017-01-06T17:00:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/06/jesse-watters/claim-john-podestas-email-password-was-password-la/


claimant: James Woods
claim_date: 2016-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: James Woods says Dallas Cowboys can't honor dead officers with helmet decals
review_date: 2016-09-01T21:56:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The "Dallas Cowboys can’t put a sticker on their helmets for the 5 police officers who were killed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/james-woods/james-woods-says-dallas-cowboys-cant-honor-dead-of/


text: "I left the White House $16 million in debt"
claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2018-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Clinton overplays debt following Monica Lewinsky affair
review_date: 2018-06-05T21:42:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/05/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-16-million-debt-monica-lewinsky/


text: "I left the White House $16 million in debt"
claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2018-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-Checking Bill Clinton’s meltdown on NBC’s ‘Today Show’
review_date: 2018-06-05T11:10:39Z
textual_rating: Three Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/06/05/fact-checking-bill-clintons-meltdown-on-nbcs-today-show/


text: “US Navy SEALs are arresting Ron DeSantis” for running a child sex trafficking ring.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Expect to see Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigning; he wasn’t arrested, as post claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/25/facebook-posts/expect-to-see-florida-gov-ron-desantis-campaigning/


text: "Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did lettuce kill more Americans than undocumented immigrants?
review_date: 2019-01-15T20:59:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/15/viral-image/did-lettuce-kill-more-americans-undocumented-immig/


text: Obamacare has led to fewer health insurance options for millions of Americans.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: White House tweet wrongly says Obamacare led to fewer insurance options
review_date: 2017-06-21T22:07:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/21/donald-trump/white-house-tweet-wrongly-says-obamacare-led-fewer/


text: “Trump supporters are blocking access to polling sites at Clifton City Hall, New Jersey.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump supporters aren’t blocking access to voting site in New Jersey
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/facebook-posts/no-trump-supporters-arent-blocking-access-voting-s/


text: Says the Atlanta mayor is “shutting the city down for” the NBA All-Star Game weekend.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Atlanta’s mayor is not shutting down the city for NBA All-Star Game weekend
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/01/facebook-posts/no-atlantas-mayor-not-shutting-down-city-nba-all-s/


text: "You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton deleted 33,000 emails after getting a subpoena
review_date: 2017-04-12T19:35:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-deleted-33000-em/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump flubs how unemployment is calculated
review_date: 2017-04-04T19:07:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/04/donald-trump/donald-trump-flubs-how-unemployment-calculated/


claimant: Doug Burgum
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/24/fact-checks-first-republican-presidential-debate/
title: Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News
review_date: 2023-08-24T09:43:08Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We've got a plan right now, the $1.2 trillion of Green New Deal spending buried in the ‘Inflation Creation Act’ is something that is just subsidizing China."


text: “The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership.”
claimant: Pricey Harrison
claim_date: 2018-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Does America own 42 percent of the world's guns?
review_date: 2018-03-05T20:45:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/05/pricey-harrison/does-america-have-42-percent-worlds-guns/


text: Says "Russia donated 0$ to Donald Trump. Russia donated 145.000.000$ to the Clinton Foundation."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Russia did not donate $145 million to the Clinton Foundation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/15/facebook-posts/no-russia-did-not-donate-145-million-clinton-found/


text: “CA inmate pregnant after being forced to share prison with transgender ‘woman.’”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, a transgender woman didn’t impregnate another inmate in California
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/18/viral-image/no-transgender-woman-didnt-impregnate-another-inma/


text: COVID-19 vaccine is a “non-FDA-approved experimental agent.”
claimant: Instagram user
claim_date: 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post overlooks FDA sign-off on COVID-19 vaccines
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/31/instagram-posts/instagram-post-overlooks-fda-sign-covid-19-vaccine/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/fact-checking-trumps-misleading-attacks-omar-ocasi/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s misleading attacks on Omar, Ocasio-Cortez in North Carolina
review_date: 2019-07-18T21:07:12Z
textual_rating: Twists turn of speech
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described contemporary America, that's you, that's me, that's all of us, as garbage.”


text: Video shows Elon Musk endorsing “an anti-aging remedy.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: That video is altered; Elon Musk isn’t endorsing an anti-aging remedy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/viral-image/that-video-is-altered-elon-musk-isnt-endorsing-an/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly faults Obama for London embassy move
review_date: 2018-01-12T19:39:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Obama administration "sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London ... only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/12/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-faults-obama-london-embassy-move/


text: "If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden's claim that Donald Trump’s payroll tax 'plan' sinks Social Security
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/joe-biden/joe-biden-says-donald-trumps-plan-get-rid-payroll-/


claimant: William Ruto
claim_date: 2016-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Lack of basic death data leads to false claims in Kenya
review_date: 2016-10-13T17:45:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Cancer and matters to do with kidney failure kill more people in Kenya today than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/13/william-ruto/lack-basic-death-data-leads-false-claims-kenya/


text: “CDC just cancelled Halloween for kids.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: CDC hasn’t canceled Halloween but it has advice for how to celebrate safely
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/viral-image/cdc-hasnt-canceled-halloween-it-has-advice-how-cel/


text: Says he presented "a balanced budget."
claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2017-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Rauner's budget-balancing claim doesn't come close to adding up
review_date: 2017-03-09T21:56:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/09/bruce-rauner/rauners-budget-balancing-claim-doesnt-add/


claimant: Free Thought Project
claim_date: 2018-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Did Florida police seize a man's gun with out due process? No
review_date: 2018-04-04T14:11:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process.""It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/04/free-thought-project/did-florida-police-seize-mans-gun-out-due-process-/


claimant: Americas PAC
claim_date: 2017-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Super PAC attack blaming Tammy Baldwin for deaths of 3 veterans at Tomah VA hospital lacks evidence
review_date: 2017-05-05T15:47:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tammy Baldwin was told by a whistleblower about "overmedicated veterans," she made "deadly mistakes" and "three veterans died" at the Tomah VA hospital

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/05/americas-pac/super-pac-attack-blaming-tammy-baldwin-deaths-3-ve/


text: “Michelle Obama finally responds to Obama’s hidden gay secret.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Debunked rumors about former President Barack Obama’s sexuality resurface on social media
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/21/facebook-posts/debunked-rumors-about-former-president-barack-obam/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Disney World did not deconstruct Cinderella Castle to prepare for Hurricane Dorian
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Workers have begun removing spires of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom ahead of Hurricane Dorian."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/04/facebook-posts/disney-world-did-not-deconstruct-cinderella-castle/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2020-10-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/08/fact-checking-2020-vice-presidential-debate-kamala/
title: Fact-checking the 2020 vice presidential debate, Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence
review_date: 2020-10-08T05:12:24Z
textual_rating: Largely accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Trump "got rid of" the National Security Council pandemic threat staff, and the CDC's team in China.


text: "Update: Chuck Schumer’s steamy affair with a high school cheerleader confirmed."
claimant: USA in Front
claim_date: 2017-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news says Chuck Schumer had affair with teenage cheerleader
review_date: 2017-12-18T16:07:21Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/18/usa-front/fake-news-says-chuck-schumer-had-affair-teenage-ch/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: First grandma Marian Robinson is not getting $160,000 annual pension
review_date: 2017-01-10T17:04:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say first grandma Marian Robinson will get a $160,000 annual pension for life when President Barack Obama leaves office.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/10/blog-posting/fake-news-first-grandma-marian-robinson-not-gettin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/23/fact-checking-donald-trump-joe-biden-final-preside/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in the final presidential debate
review_date: 2020-10-23T05:51:14Z
textual_rating: Oversimplifies
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking of his work in Ukraine while his son was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company, "Nothing was unethical. ... I carried out U.S. policy. Not one single solitary thing was out of line."


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Wisconsin votes don’t have to be counted by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/30/facebook-posts/no-votes-dont-have-be-counted-8-pm-nov-3/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and Ukraine
review_date: 2019-05-07T19:25:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/07/viral-image/fact-checking-joe-biden-hunter-biden-and-ukraine/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/fact-checking-joe-biden-somersworth-nh/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden in Somersworth, N.H.
review_date: 2020-02-05T21:15:06Z
textual_rating: Aimed at Bernie Sanders, and it's True.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says one of his competitors in the Democratic primary contest "voted against the Brady Bill five times."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Do Biden’s executive orders have any effect on US energy independence?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The United States was energy independent in 2019 for the first time since 1957. In just 10 days we are sent back 50 years.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/18/facebook-posts/do-bidens-executive-orders-have-any-effect-us-ener/


text: "Ashley Moody was a lifelong Democrat." ​
claimant: Frank White
claim_date: 2018-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Ashley Moody, Republican candidate for Florida AG, wasn’t a “lifelong Democrat”
review_date: 2018-08-21T17:44:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/21/frank-white/ashley-moody-republican-candidate-florida-ag-wasnt/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Did Iran place an $80 million bounty on Donald Trump's head?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A bounty of $80 MILLION has been placed on President Donald Trump’s head by Iran as tensions between the country and the USA rise."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/09/instagram-posts/did-iran-place-80-million-bounty-donald-trumps-hea/


claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2019-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Matt Gaetz on gun bans in Australia and Venezuela
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/19/matt-gaetz/fact-checking-matt-gaetz-gun-bans-australia-and-ve/


text: North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."
claimant: Cory Gardner
claim_date: 2017-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Is North Korea the 4th most sanctioned nation?
review_date: 2017-09-27T15:50:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/27/cory-gardner/north-korea-4th-most-sanctioned-nation/


text: A photo shows Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a Soviet shirt and giving a Nazi salute.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Photo altered to look like it’s Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a Soviet shirt and raising arm
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/22/viral-image/photo-altered-look-its-marjorie-taylor-greene-wear/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/27/donald-trumps-top-10-most-misleading-claims/
title: Donald Trump's top 10 most misleading claims
review_date: 2016-10-10T04:51:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says after Hillary Clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, "she's seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly says Hillary Clinton laughed at a 12-year-old rape victim
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:38:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says after Hillary Clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, "she's seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/10/donald-trump/trump-says-clinton-laughed-about-rape-case/


text: "Even in California now, they don’t want to be sanctuary cities anymore. They want out."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Do Californians want out of sanctuary cities? Mostly not
review_date: 2018-11-15T19:04:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/15/donald-trump/do-californians-want-out-sanctuary-cities-mostly-n/


text: “Pennsylvania just banned alcohol sales.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Pennsylvania has banned some alcohol sales on Thanksgiving Eve
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/24/viral-image/pennsylvania-has-banned-some-alcohol-sales-thanksg/


text: "More people now die in Wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes."
claimant: Brad Schimel
claim_date: 2016-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Do more people die in Wisconsin from overdoses than car crashes?
review_date: 2016-07-11T17:06:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/08/brad-schimel/do-more-people-die-wisconsin-overdoses-car-crashes/


text: Video shows cattle killed by COVID-19 vaccines.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: How now downed cows? Cattle in video died from poisoning in Italy, not COVID-19 shots in U.S.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/12/viral-image/how-now-downed-cows-cattle-in-video-died-from-pois/


text: Says Tom Hanks was “arrested in Australia for pedophilia.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Another Tom Hanks hoax about unfounded criminal allegations
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/23/facebook-posts/another-tom-hanks-hoax-about-unfounded-criminal-al/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, the NAACP didn’t warn about white nationalist groups killing Black men
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The NAACP has received credible information that some of the white nationalist groups … will be looking to snatch black men and boys and hang them, shoot them, torture them and kill them.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/07/facebook-posts/no-naacp-didnt-warn-about-white-nationalist-groups/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, photo does not show 1937 opening of Golden Gate Bridge or a near collapse
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/04/facebook-posts/no-photo-does-not-show-1937-opening-golden-gate-br/


text: Kennedy Center, PBS donated to Democrats after getting COVID-19 stimulus money.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kennedy Center and PBS didn’t pay COVID-19 kickbacks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/22/facebook-posts/no-kennedy-center-and-pbs-didnt-pay-covid-19-kickb/


text: "Nicole Kidman ‘blacklisted’ from Hollywood for vowing to support president."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2017-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Nicole Kidman blacklisted for comments about Donald Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/13/facebook-posts/no-evidence-nicole-kidman-blacklisted-comments-abo/


claimant: Cavalier Johnson
claim_date: 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Milwaukee mayor in ballpark on stolen vehicle figures, but overstates reckless driving fatalities
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/04/cavalier-johnson/milwaukee-mayor-ballpark-stolen-vehicle-figures-ov/


text: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ronald Reagan didn’t meet with the Taliban because the Taliban didn’t exist
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/11/facebook-posts/no-ronald-reagan-didnt-meet-taliban-because-taliba/


text: “We have more oil and gas permits than ever before right now.”
claimant: Mandela Barnes
claim_date: 2022-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Barnes right that U.S. has more more oil and gas permits than ever before
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/09/mandela-barnes/barnes-right-us-has-more-more-oil-and-gas-permits-/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ comments about Florida Democrats who represent Cuban Americans
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida and have been critical of Sanders “just so happen to be supporting other candidates.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/bernie-sanders/fact-checking-bernie-sanders-comments-about-florid/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence to support Joe Biden's anecdote about giving uncle a Purple Heart while vice president
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After Joe Biden became vice president, at the behest of his father, he gave his uncle, Frank H. Biden, a Purple Heart for serving in the U.S. military during World War II.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/20/joe-biden/no-evidence-support-joe-bidens-anecdote-about-givi/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Wildfires’ carbon dioxide output exceeds century’s worth of human activity? No
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than "the human race has put out in the last 100 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/instagram-posts/wildfires-carbon-dioxide-output-exceeds-centurys-w/


claimant: John Cornyn
claim_date: 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Democratic senators huddling without masks is from 2018
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/14/john-cornyn/photo-democratic-senators-huddling-without-masks-2/


claimant: Ro Khanna
claim_date: 2022-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: US trade deficit with China now $400 billion per year, much higher than in the 1990s
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/19/ro-khanna/us-trade-deficit-china-now-400-billion-year-much-h/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Anheuser-Busch CEO didn’t resign after Bud Light partnered with Dylan Mulvaney
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Anheuser-Busch CEO resigns” after Bud Light partners with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/10/facebook-posts/anheuser-busch-ceo-didnt-resign-after-bud-light-pa/


text: A photo shows a large crowd in Berlin protesting the “covid hoax.”
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Photo doesn’t show COVID-19 protest crowd in Germany. It's from a techno parade in Switzerland
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/03/viral-image/photo-doesnt-show-covid-19-protest-crowd-germany-i/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about root canals causing serious illness not based on scientific evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Did you know? Dentists are the only physicians that believe you can get away with leaving dead tissue in the body. One root canal tooth can shut down 63% of your immune system."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/13/facebook-posts/claim-about-root-canals-causing-serious-illness-no/


text: “NASA stopped exploring the ocean.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Final frontier? No, NASA didn’t stop studying oceans, it’s exploring in ocean depths and from space
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/30/instagram-posts/final-frontier-no-nasa-didnt-stop-studying-oceans/


text: Says challenger Sean Casten supports "doubling premiums" and "cutting current health care plans."
claimant: Peter Roskam
claim_date: 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: Roskam ad makes absurd claims about Democratic challenger’s health care stance
review_date: 2018-08-16T15:11:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/12/peter-roskam/roskam-makes-absurd-claims-about-democratic-challe/


claimant: John Chiang
claim_date: 2017-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: John Chiang’s claim on California’s affordable housing doesn’t add up
review_date: 2017-09-13T23:54:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since I’ve been the state treasurer, we’ve increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/13/john-chiang/chiangs-claim-californias-affordable-housing-doesn/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: No truth to the claim that Arizona audit found Trump up by 250,000 votes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona “showed Trump ahead by 250,000” votes, and “nearly 950,000 ballots are declared illegal, nearly all for Biden.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/07/facebook-posts/no-truth-claim-arizona-audit-found-trump-250000-vo/


text: "Electoral College elector commits suicide to avoid voting for Donald Trump."
claimant: UnversePolitics.com
claim_date: 2016-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Michigan GOP elector didn't choose suicide over voting for Trump
review_date: 2017-01-04T16:19:52Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/03/universe-politics/fake-news-michigan-gop-elector-didnt-choose-suicid/


text: Hank Aaron and Marvelous Marvin Hagler died “after taking the COVID-19 vaccine.”
claimant: Aubrey Huff
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Claim blaming COVID vaccine for Hank Aaron, Marvin Hagler deaths lacks evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/16/aubrey-huff/claim-blaming-covid-vaccine-hank-aaron-marvin-hagl/


text: "No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: How do Donald Trump's first 100 days rate historically?
review_date: 2017-04-24T12:45:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/24/donald-trump/how-do-donald-trumps-first-100-days-rate-historica/


text: "No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s claim that ‘no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days’
review_date: 2017-04-20T11:31:01Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/20/trumps-claim-that-no-administration-has-accomplished-more-in-the-first-90-days/


claimant: Rebecca Kleefisch
claim_date: 2022-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Kleefisch campaign wrong that Wisconsin had smallest margin in 2020 presidential election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/23/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-campaign-wrong-wisconsin-had-smallest-ma/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Heart health warnings about cold weather are real, and predate the pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Warnings about heart problems and blood clots in cold weather are to cover up COVID-19 vaccine side effects.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/facebook-posts/heart-health-warnings-about-cold-weather-are-real-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Bruce Lee said power comes from ‘observing everything with logic’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/17/viral-image/no-evidence-bruce-lee-said-power-comes-observing-e/


text: “Trump says Biden is an alien.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post mischaracterizes Donald Trump’s comments in Tucker Carlson interview
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/25/viral-image/social-media-post-mischaracterizes-donald-trumps-c/


text: "Black Panthers Just Took Over City (Atlanta) – All Out War On Election Day"
claimant: Right Wing News
claim_date: 2018-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire claim: Armed Black Panthers on Atlanta streets on Election Day
review_date: 2018-11-06T23:29:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/06/blog-posting/pants-fire-claim-armed-black-panthers-atlanta-stre/


text: Homemade baby formula recipes offer a ‘viable option’ during U.S. shortage
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, making your own homemade baby formula is not safe or recommended
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/facebook-posts/no-making-your-own-homemade-baby-formula-not-safe-/


text: Tafari Campbell was “murdered.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Tafari Campbell’s drowning death was accidental, he wasn’t murdered, according to medical examiner
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/29/facebook-posts/tafari-campbells-drowning-death-was-accidental-he/


text: "Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."
claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Dan Patrick says 32 percent of Texas public school spending goes to teacher salaries
review_date: 2017-07-27T18:54:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-says-32-percent-texas-public-school-sp/


claimant: Joseph Crowley
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did Donald Trump 'cash in' $150,000 after 9/11?
review_date: 2016-07-27T04:23:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "cashed in" on Sept. 11, "collecting $150,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses recover — even though days after the attack Trump said his properties were not affected."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/joseph-crowley/did-donald-trump-cash-federal-funds-days-after-911/


text: Kari Lake called Trump the “fattest president since Taft” in a 2016 tweet.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Did Kari Lake tweet that Donald Trump was ‘fat’ in 2016? Not that evidence shows
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/16/tweets/did-kari-lake-tweet-that-donald-trump-was-fat-in-2/


text: “There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”
claimant: Alex Mooney
claim_date: 2022-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the current scale of U.S.-Mexico border crossings
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/03/alex-mooney/fact-checking-current-scale-us-mexico-border-cross/


claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2017-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: NC Gov. Roy Cooper makes questionable claim about private school vouchers lacking accountability
review_date: 2017-02-02T20:45:46Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says North Carolina gives taxpayer dollars to private schools, but "we really don’t know what these schools are doing or how they are performing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/02/roy-cooper/nc-gov-roy-cooper-says-private-school-vouchers-lac/


text: "Breaking: Shep Smith to be canned because he can’t control his hate for Donald Trump."
claimant: Newsflash
claim_date: 2018-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Hoax continues to circulate that Fox's Shepard Smith was fired for Trump comments
review_date: 2018-06-13T21:11:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/13/newsflash/hoax-continues-circulate-foxs-shepard-smith-fired/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/may/11/what-kind-of-a-woman-fact-checking-donald-trumps-f/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s CNN town hall claims on Jan. 6, abortion, Mar-a-Lago documents
review_date: 2023-05-11T03:46:43Z
textual_rating: Distortion of phone call
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
About his 2021 phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other election officials: "Nobody said, ‘Oh gee, he shouldn't have said that … I didn't ask him to find anything. I said you owe me votes because the election was rigged. If this call was bad, why didn't him and his lawyers hang up?"


text: Says Mike Gibbons said "military service doesn't count as real work."
claimant: Josh Mandel
claim_date: 2022-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: In Ohio US Senate race, Mandel falsely claimed that Gibbons said military service isn’t ‘real work’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/01/josh-mandel/ohio-us-senate-race-mandel-falsely-claimed-gibbons/


text: "Since President (Donald Trump’s) election, 36,000 jobs have been created in WI."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence right about Wisconsin jobs increase
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/mike-pence/mike-pence-right-about-wisconsin-jobs-increase/


text: "I doubled my African-American poll numbers. We went from 11 to 22 in one week."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s misleading claim that Kanye West’s praise doubled his African-American support
review_date: 2018-05-07T20:53:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/07/donald-trump/donald-trumps-misleading-claim-kanye-wests-praise-/


text: “In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says before Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State 'ISIS was not even on the map.'
review_date: 2016-07-22T02:53:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-was-secretary-is/


text: Says Hillary Clinton’s "State Department blocked investigation into Orlando killer’s mosque."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Websites say Hillary Clinton's State Department blocked investigation into Orlando shooter's mosque
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/23/blog-posting/websites-say-hillary-clintons-state-department-blo/


text: Ukraine is the “money laundering and child sex trafficking capital of the world!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ukraine isn’t the money laundering or child sex trafficking capital of the world
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/12/viral-image/no-ukraine-isnt-money-laundering-or-child-sex-traf/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton, citing 'Trump Effect,' says teachers are reporting more bullying in schools
review_date: 2016-08-26T21:21:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the ‘Trump Effect.’ They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims and immigrants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/26/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-citing-trump-effect-says-teachers-/


claimant: Troy Balderson
claim_date: 2018-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: In Ohio, Troy Balderson brings up a seldom-mentioned health care angle
review_date: 2018-10-30T13:27:08Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/30/troy-balderson/ohio-troy-balderson-brings-seldom-mentioned-health/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that Hillary Clinton wants to release all violent criminals from prison
review_date: 2016-05-26T16:12:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
It "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/26/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-hillary-clinton-wants-release-a/


text: Says Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic insulting his supporters.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump wasn’t caught insulting his supporters
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/viral-image/no-trump-wasnt-caught-insulting-his-supporters/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Shakespeare didn’t say, “Life is short. So love your life.”
review_date: 2019-04-26T18:53:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Shakespeare said: ‘I always feel happy. You know why? Because I don’t expect anything from anyone. Expectations always hurt. Life is short. So love your life. Be Happy. & Keep smiling.'"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/26/viral-image/no-shakespeare-didnt-say-life-short-so-love-your-l/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris is wrong, Trump isn’t ‘raiding money’ from military pensions
review_date: 2019-03-28T20:04:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Trump administration is ‘raiding money’ from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/28/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-wrong-trump-isnt-raiding-money-milit/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Woody Harrelson’s ‘SNL’ pandemic monologue not selectively edited by NBC
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Woody Harrelson’s 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/instagram-posts/woody-harrelsons-snl-pandemic-monologue-not-select/


claimant: Matthew Dowd
claim_date: 2019-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Did Obama's final years beat Trump on jobs, stock values?
review_date: 2019-03-14T18:54:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/13/matthew-dowd/did-obamas-final-years-beat-trump-jobs-stock-value/


text: Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
claimant: Chris Carr
claim_date: 2022-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Stacey Abrams didn’t support the baseball All-Star game boycott of Atlanta
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/24/chris-carr/no-stacey-abrams-didnt-support-baseball-all-star-g/


text: Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Hospitals and COVID-19 payments
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/21/facebook-posts/Fact-check-Hospitals-COVID-19-payments/


text: California has "the sixth largest economy on planet Earth."
claimant: Kevin de León
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Does California really have the '6th largest economy on planet Earth?'
review_date: 2016-08-02T18:36:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/kevin-de-leon/does-california-really-have-sixth-largest-economy-/


text: “The pope, Xi and Putin all meet to plan world events!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, the pope, Putin and Xi didn’t meet to plan world events
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/15/facebook-posts/no-pope-putin-and-xi-didnt-meet-plan-world-events/


claimant: Richard Corcoran
claim_date: 2017-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: House Speaker Richard Corcoran says small businesses get 'almost nothing' from Enterprise Florida
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:53:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/11/richard-corcoran/are-small-businesses-getting-gypped-incentives/


text: The rifle used by Omar Mateen "shoots off 700 rounds in a minute."
claimant: Alan Grayson
claim_date: 2016-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: Alan Grayson wrongly claims weapon used by Mateen could fire 700 rounds a minute
review_date: 2016-06-14T21:29:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/14/alan-grayson/orlando-democrat-alan-grayson-700-rounds-minute/


claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2018-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ad falsely claims that Dean Phillips doesn't provide health coverage to his employees
review_date: 2018-10-08T14:29:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that Minnesota Democratic congressional candidate Dean Phillips doesn’t offer health insurance for his employees.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/08/national-republican-congressional-committee/attack-ad-falsely-claims-dean-phillips-doesnt-prov/


text: Says Whoopi Goldberg said the widow of a Navy SEAL was "looking for attention."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Whoopi Goldberg quote about Navy SEAL widow is made up
review_date: 2017-03-07T20:03:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/07/undergroundnewsreportcom/whoopi-golberg-quote-about-navy-seal-widow-made/


text: The Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan.
claimant: Stephen Martin
claim_date: 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: State Sen. Stephen Martin says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan
review_date: 2017-08-17T16:03:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/jun/10/stephen-martin/state-sen-stephen-martin-says-democratic-party-cre/


claimant: Devin Nunes
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/13/fact-checking-house-impeachment-hearings-trump/
title: Fact-checking Trump, Ukraine impeachment hearings, day 1
review_date: 2019-11-13T21:42:16Z
textual_rating: Misses a key point
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In this committee’s last public hearing, Democrats recited a fictitious version of the call instead of reading the actual transcript."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Biden’s wrong claim that Senate GOP’s Supreme Court move is ‘not constitutional’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/joe-biden/fact-check-bidens-misleading-claim-senate-gops-sup/


text: In the United Kingdom, “Charles cedes throne to William immediately.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: King Charles III did not cede throne to his son William
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/27/facebook-posts/king-charles-iii-did-not-cede-throne-his-son-willi/


claimant: Jimmy Flannigan
claim_date: 2016-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly False: Jimmy Flannigan's claim he's responsible for Anderson Mill Road on Austin ballot
review_date: 2016-11-02T16:22:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that he's responsible for Austin including Anderson Mill Road in the city's proposed transportation bond package.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/jimmy-flannigan/mostly-false-jimmy-flannigans-claim-hes-responsibl/


text: “The Walker-Kleefisch administration slashed $800 million from public schools."
claimant: Democratic Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats still coming up short with Walker-Kleefisch school funding cut claim
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/22/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/democrats-still-coming-short-walker-kleefisch-scho/


claimant: Scott Dawson
claim_date: 2018-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Dawson distorts Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's grant funding to LGBTQ nonprofit
review_date: 2018-05-29T13:57:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Gov. Kay Ivey gave nearly $1 million of taxpayers’ money to a liberal activist organization that promotes alternative lifestyles and transgenderism."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/29/scott-dawson/scott-dawson-alabama-governor-kay-ivey-lgbtq/


text: "You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Was Saddam Hussein good at killing terrorists, as Donald Trump says?
review_date: 2016-07-07T22:10:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/07/donald-trump/was-saddam-hussein-good-killing-terrorists-donald-/


text: Says there is a 4,250% increase in fetal death from the flu shot.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post falsely says flu shot causes fetal death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/29/instagram-posts/instagram-post-falsely-says-flu-shot-causes-fetal-/


text: "For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2018-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott says K-12, state university funding is highest in last six years
review_date: 2018-03-23T15:36:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/23/rick-scott/rick-scott-says-k-12-state-university-funding-high/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post gets debt wrong in comparison of Florida, Texas, California and New York
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/26/facebook-posts/facebook-post-gets-debt-wrong-comparison-florida-t/


text: "The government will be infiltrating” personal text messages.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Biden seeking to ‘infiltrate’ private text messages? That’s False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/15/facebook-posts/biden-seeking-infiltrate-private-text-messages-s-f/


claimant: Vyacheslav Volodin
claim_date: 2022-03-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/apr/01/facts-behind-russian-right-wing-narratives-claimin/
title: The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"U.S. President Joe Biden himself is involved in the creation of biolaboratories in Ukraine. An investment fund run by his sun (sic) Hunter Biden funded research and the implementation of the United States’ military biological program."


claimant: Kevin Cramer
claim_date: 2018-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Did Heidi Heitkamp cast 'deciding' vote on rule for energy industry?
review_date: 2018-05-10T15:12:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/10/kevin-cramer/heidi-heitkamp-deciding-vote-flaring-blm/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/30/fact-checking-first-2020-presidential-debate-joe-b/
title: Fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate, Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump
review_date: 2020-09-30T06:14:49Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’m the one that brought back football. By the way, I’m the one that brought back Big Ten football."


text: “Stunning report: nearly 15 million mail-in ballots were not counted in the 2020 election.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the misleading claim about uncounted ballots in 2020
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/14/facebook-posts/fact-checking-misleading-claim-about-uncounted-bal/


claimant: Brian Tyler Cohen
claim_date: 2023-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about congressional ‘pay raise’ omits key information
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/11/brian-tyler-cohen/liberal-commentator-exaggerates-scope-context-of-c/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: An old hoax about the Clinton Foundation resurfaces on Facebook
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Clinton Foundation "gave ONLY $5 million to charities, spent $85 million for their salaries & travels and KEPT the rest = $87 million" in 2014.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/09/viral-image/old-hoax-about-clinton-foundation-resurfaces-faceb/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders’ review of 2007 immigration vote leaves out important details
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a 2007 immigration bill "was opposed by (the League of United Latin American Citizens), the largest Latino organization in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center called its guest-worker programs akin to slavery. … And you know who voted with me on that one, Joe? Barack Obama.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-review-2007-immigration-vote-leaves/


text: Says Hillary Clinton "wants sanctuary cities."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says at RNC that Hillary Clinton 'wants sanctuary cities'
review_date: 2016-07-22T03:07:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-rnc-hillary-clinton-says-hillary/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton claims immigrants are more successful at owning businesses than natives
review_date: 2016-07-27T22:08:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "immigrants start businesses at a faster rate; they seem to grow those businesses more successfully."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-claims-immigrants-are-more-success/


text: "Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Does Joe Manchin have a D rating from the National Rifle Association?
review_date: 2018-09-28T14:58:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/28/patrick-morrisey/does-joe-manchin-have-d-rating-national-rifle-asso/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2019-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Post that says Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has 'numerous DUIs' is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/01/facebook-posts/post-says-rep-matt-gaetz-has-numerous-duis-wrong/


claimant: Young Conservatives
claim_date: 2017-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Website passes along dubious claims about fraudulent New Hampshire votes
review_date: 2017-09-16T00:53:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/15/young-conservatives/website-passes-along-dubious-claims-about-fraudule/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump Jr. didn’t suggest his father’s supporters aren’t clean
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, “While my father loves almost all his supporters, please do not come to Mar-a-Lago to support President Trump. We have many important people coming through the club and need to keep it clean.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/15/viral-image/no-trump-jr-didnt-suggest-his-fathers-supporters-a/


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Bloomberg says Trump bashes immigrants yet hires overseas workers
review_date: 2016-07-28T01:53:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "games the U.S. visa system so he can hire temporary foreign workers at low wages."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/michael-bloomberg/michael-bloomberg-donald-trump-visa-sys/


claimant: Kevin Nicholson
claim_date: 2018-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Tammy Baldwin opponent errs claiming 'billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes' went to Iran
review_date: 2018-07-09T20:50:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/29/kevin-nicholson/tammy-baldwin-opponent-errs-claiming-billions-doll/


text: "Senator Mitt Romney threatens to leave the Republican party and join Democrats.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has not threatened to join Democrats, despite criticism of Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/27/instagram-posts/republican-sen-mitt-romney-has-not-threatened-to-j/


text: "Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."
claimant: Ted Deutch
claim_date: 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Did mass shootings increase 200 percent since assault weapons ban expired?
review_date: 2018-02-23T19:09:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/23/ted-deutch/did-mass-shootings-increase-200-percent-assault-we/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/fact-check-november-debate.html
title: Fact-Checking the November Democratic Debate
review_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: This is misleading.
language_code: en
publisher_name: The New York Times
publisher_site: nytimes.com
text:
"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Pete Buttigieg falsely says Donald Trump illegally diverted funds for veterans
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/pete-buttigieg/pete-buttigieg-falsely-says-donald-trump-illegally/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the fifth Democratic presidential debate
review_date: 2019-11-21T20:27:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/21/fact-checking-fifth-democratic-presidential-debate/


text: "Social Security is in trouble (it’s going bankrupt by 2034)."
claimant: Sam Johnson
claim_date: 2016-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Sam Johnson airs Half True claim that Social Security is 'going bankrupt by 2034'
review_date: 2017-01-18T00:09:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/17/sam-johnson/sam-johnson-airs-half-true-claim-social-security-g/


claimant: USPOLN.com
claim_date: 2017-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump's reported pick for USDA 'chief scientist' did not mock scientists
review_date: 2017-06-06T18:18:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Trump’s Top Scientist Pick: ‘Scientists Are Just Dumb Regular People That Think Dinosaurs Existed And The Earth Is Getting Warmer’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/06/uspoln/no-trumps-reported-pick-usda-chief-scientist-did-n/


claimant: Scott Perry
claim_date: 2017-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: GOP lawmaker claims FBI purged training documents. Here's what we found
review_date: 2017-12-15T15:09:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Obama administration purged "training courses and information about Islamism, jihad, Sharia, and the Muslim Brotherhood."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/15/scott-perry/gop-lawmaker-claims-fbi-purged-training-documents-/


text: Says Hillary Clinton's "plan is going to raise taxes and even double your taxes."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump off-base in saying Hillary Clinton will 'double your taxes'
review_date: 2016-10-20T04:05:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-predicts-hillary-clinton-will-double-/


text: “Corona virus: Florida man arrested for robbery using cough as a weapon.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, the coronavirus disease was not used as a weapon in a robbery
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/28/facebook-posts/no-coronavirus-disease-was-not-used-weapon-robbery/


text: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, “sends Biden straight to jail.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio Republican Jim Jordan didn’t send President Joe Biden to jail
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/ohio-republican-jim-jordan-didnt-send-president-jo/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking an attack on Biden and Warren that harks back to 1962
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/04/facebook-posts/fact-checking-attack-biden-and-warren-harks-back-1/


claimant: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
claim_date: 2018-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Obama's Border Patrol used tear gas once a month. Is that true?
review_date: 2018-11-28T22:37:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/28/sarah-huckabee-sanders/sarah-sanders-says-obama-tear-gas-border-month/


text: The Denver Broncos signed Colin Kaepernick.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Denver Broncos didn’t sign Colin Kaepernick
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/30/viral-image/no-denver-broncos-didnt-sign-colin-kaepernick/


claimant: Levar Stoney
claim_date: 2019-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Levar Stoney mostly right about Richmond's rein on real estate tax rates
review_date: 2019-05-21T16:06:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/21/levar-stoney/levar-stoney-mostly-right-about-richmonds-rein-rea/


text: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Biden said you can’t own a machine gun. You can in most states, but there are restrictions.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/03/joe-biden/biden-said-you-cant-own-a-machine-gun-you-can-in-m/


text: “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence that shooter at Indiana mall was a CIA asset
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/22/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-shooter-indiana-mall-was-cia-as/


text: A video shows Jim Jordan saying the 2020 “election was stolen.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Jim Jordan denying he said the election was stolen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/20/facebook-posts/video-shows-jim-jordan-denying-he-said-election-wa/


claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2016-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Rand Paul says John Bolton still thinks Iraq War was right decision
review_date: 2016-11-17T22:21:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year that "I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/17/rand-paul/rand-paul-says-john-bolton-still-thinks-iraq-war-w/


text: "If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion."
claimant: Occupy Democrats
claim_date: 2015-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Occupy Democrats graphic oversimplifies Trump's inheritance
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/dec/09/occupy-democrats/occupy-democrats-say-simple-investment-trumps-fath/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a claim about immigrants and California’s 'extra' House seats
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“California has six extra” congressional representatives “because illegals are counted” in the census.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/06/facebook-posts/calif-has-extra-us-house-seats-because-illegals-no/


text: “Barack Obama’s real father is Communist Party propagandist Frank Marshall Davis.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Frank Marshall Davis wasn’t Barack Obama’s father
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/10/viral-image/no-frank-marshall-davis-wasnt-barack-obamas-father/


text: Says he was "exonerated in every single case" in 1990s ethics violations charges.
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich says he was "exonerated" in ethics probe
review_date: 2016-07-15T17:09:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/feb/20/newt-gingrich/gingrich-says-he-was-exonerated-ethics-probe/


text: "Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'"
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia officials found more than 2,600 uncounted ballots, but they’re not evidence of fraud
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/18/facebook-posts/georgia-election-officials-found-more-2600-uncount/


text: Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Michelle Obama didn’t earn a doctorate after leaving the White House
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/09/viral-image/no-michelle-obama-didnt-earn-doctorate-after-leavi/


text: "As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohio’s rainy day fund."
claimant: US Chamber Action
claim_date: 2016-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Heard the one about Ted Strickland and 89 cents?
review_date: 2016-09-08T17:20:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/us-chamber-commerce/heard-one-about-ted-strickland-and-89-cents/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz’s dubious claim that GOP didn’t “rig” SCOTUS confirmations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game” for Supreme Court nominations.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/ted-cruz/ted-cruzs-dubious-claim-gop-didnt-rig-scotus-confi/


text: “Ashli Babbitt Tried To Stop Antifa False Flag On Jan 6th”
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Ashli Babbitt vs. antifa? Video falsely claims Babbitt ‘tried to stop antifa false flag’ on Jan. 6
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/21/youtube-videos/ashli-babbitt-vs-antifa-video-falsely-claims-babbi/


text: In California, "they're rioting now" over sanctuary cities.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim about people rioting over sanctuary cities
review_date: 2018-10-24T15:25:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-about-people-riotin/


text: Tornado carries mobile home 130 miles, family inside unharmed.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, a tornado did not carry a mobile home 130 miles away. That's fake news
review_date: 2017-08-10T12:07:29Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/10/blog-posting/no-tornado-did-not-carry-mobile-home-130-miles-awa/


claimant: John Cox
claim_date: 2018-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Did Travis Allen oppose driver licenses for undocumented immigrants?
review_date: 2018-05-29T23:29:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/29/john-cox/did-travis-allen-oppose-driver-licenses-undocument/


claimant: Jennifer Granholm
claim_date: 2021-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Would Joe Biden’s clean energy plan bring 20,000 jobs to West Virginia?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/21/jennifer-granholm/would-joe-bidens-clean-energy-plan-bring-20000-job/


text: The voting bill known as H.R. 1 "would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots.”
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2021-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence is wrong that HR 1 forces states to shift to universal mail balloting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-wrong-hr-1-forces-states-shift-universa/


claimant: Eric Swalwell
claim_date: 2019-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did Republicans rush to repeal law preventing the mentally ill from buying guns in 2017?
review_date: 2019-04-22T13:57:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2017, the first piece of legislation that Republicans passed "made it easier for the mentally ill to purchase guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/22/eric-swalwell/did-republicans-rush-repeal-gun-control-law-mental/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/12/fact-checking-donald-trumps-fox-news-interview-pol/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests
review_date: 2020-06-12T21:23:13Z
textual_rating: Also means reallocation of funds
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"'Defunding' to a lot of people means break up the police forces, and either that or don't give them any money, so essentially they are breaking it up."


claimant: Carlos Guillermo Smith
claim_date: 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Is Florida House 'sanctuary' bill unlike anything else in the country?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says if a Florida bill (HB 697) punishing sanctuary cities becomes law "it will be the only law of its kind in the nation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/30/carlos-guillermo-smith/fact-check-florida-considering-one-kind-legislatio/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: A 100% COVID-19 cure? No, chloroquine effectiveness only anecdotal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Huge! Results From Breaking Chloroquine Study Show 100% Cure Rate For Patients Infected With The Coronavirus."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/23/facebook-posts/100-covid-19-cure-no-chloroquine-effectiveness-onl/


text: Sen. Kamala Harris “may have broken laws” when she visited a voting site in Ohio
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Harris did not break Ohio law with election site visit
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/28/facebook-posts/no-harris-did-not-break-ohio-law-election-site-vis/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: This quote about age didn’t originate with Ann Landers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Ann Landers said, "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think. At age 60, we discover that they have not been thinking of us at all."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/viral-image/no-evidence-ann-landers-said-quote-about-age/


text: Kelly Loeffler has a "long history of donating to abortion-on-demand Democrats."
claimant: Doug Collins
claim_date: 2020-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Despite Collins’ claim, Loeffler has donated much more to Republicans than Dems
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/doug-collins/despite-collins-claim-loeffler-has-donated-much-mo/


text: "Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled."
claimant: Sean Patrick Maloney
claim_date: 2017-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Two-thirds of those on Medicaid are children, seniors or disabled
review_date: 2017-08-23T18:29:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/23/sean-patrick-maloney/most-people-medicaid-are-children-seniors-or-have-/


text: “U.S. military holding White House for Trump’s return.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military doesn’t control the White House
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/30/facebook-posts/no-military-doesnt-control-white-house/


claimant: Jim Renacci
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown votes with Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Renacci says
review_date: 2018-07-31T18:36:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sherrod Brown "votes 97 percent with Chuck Schumer, almost 95 plus percent with Elizabeth Warren."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/31/jim-renacci/ohio-senator-sherrod-brown-votes-elizabeth-warren-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Iran got $150 billion and $1.8 billion in cash. That's Half True
review_date: 2018-04-27T14:57:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-iran-150-billion-and-18-billion-c/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis did not announce his presidential candidacy; this video is a deepfake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis saying, “Now Trump’s been indicted, now the people will have no choice but to accept me as their assigned candidate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/07/tiktok-posts/ron-desantis-did-not-announce-his-presidential-can/


claimant: Linda Coleman
claim_date: 2018-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Holding voted quite consistently on healthcare bills
review_date: 2018-10-29T22:22:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"George Holding has voted 13 times to deny Kevin, and the 300,000 people like him in the 2nd congressional district, coverage" for their pre-existing conditions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/29/linda-coleman/holding-voted-quite-consistently-healthcare-bills/


claimant: Donald Trump 2020 Voters
claim_date: 2020-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, House Democrats did not sneak long recess into HEROES Act
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The House Democrats snuck a provision into their $3 trillion bailout bill today that would keep the house in recess until July 21.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/22/blog-posting/no-house-democrats-did-not-sneak-long-recess-heroe/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Claims about the United Nations shunning Christians for not embracing pedophilia lack evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United Nations has warned Christians that if we do not fully accept the legalization of pedophilia that we will be excluded from participating in society.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/11/blog-posting/claims-about-the-united-nations-shunning-christian/


text: Says Jake Tapper said Allahu Akbar was a "beautiful phrase" after a terrorist attack in New York.
claimant: Sebastian Gorka
claim_date: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Seb Gorka misquotes Jake Tapper's comment about 'Allahu Akbar'
review_date: 2017-11-02T21:50:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/02/sebastian-gorka/seb-gorka-misquotes-jake-tappers-comment-about-all/


claimant: Brad Schneider
claim_date: 2017-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Are there three times as many solar energy jobs as coal jobs?
review_date: 2017-04-25T19:20:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"More than 260,000 Americans are employed by the domestic solar industry — three times as many workers as employed by the entire coal mining industry."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/25/brad-schneider/are-there-three-times-many-solar-energy-jobs-coal-/


text: "Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s."
claimant: Kevin Cramer
claim_date: 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Protections on pre-existing conditions have not existed in North Dakota since 1970s
review_date: 2018-11-01T13:45:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/01/kevin-cramer/no-protections-pre-existing-conditions-have-not-ex/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Winston Churchill didn’t say 'what are we fighting for?' about the arts
review_date: 2019-04-02T18:33:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/02/viral-image/no-winston-churchill-didnt-say-what-are-we-fightin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/21/fact-checking-trump-phony-emoluments-adam-schiff-a/
title: Fact-checking Trump on ‘phony’ emoluments, Adam Schiff and Miami airport
review_date: 2019-10-21T22:03:49Z
textual_rating: Still wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I didn’t want to go into Iraq. I was a civilian, so I had no power over it, but I was always speaking against going into Iraq."


claimant: Sarah Palin
claim_date: 2016-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Sarah Palin claims Arizona congressional candidate is a big government ‘champion’
review_date: 2016-08-18T19:45:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Arizona congressional candidate Ray Strauss is "a ‘Champion of Big Government’ for his votes to raise taxes while on the local city council."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/18/sarah-palin/sarah-palin-claims-arizona-congressional-candidate/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump didn’t say this about Christian values and freedom
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump said, "Make no mistake: They’re not after me. They are after you; your guns, your Christian values, your freedom. I’m just in their way."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/viral-image/no-donald-trump-didnt-say-about-christian-values-a/


text: Climate change is caused by corporations using "weather modification patents.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Human activity causes climate change? Yes, but from greenhouses gases, not weather modification
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/29/instagram-posts/human-activity-causes-climate-change-yes-greenhous/


claimant: Bill Cassidy
claim_date: 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Cassidy offers misleading defense in face-off with Jimmy Kimmel
review_date: 2017-09-20T21:18:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/20/bill-cassidy/bill-cassidy-offers-misleading-defense-face-jimmy-/


text: “In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Biden's statement on Trump's 2020 mail voting is Half True
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/13/joe-biden/trump-has-spread-falsehoods-about-voting-mail-whil/


