# claims

claimant: Ted Strickland
claim_date: 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/13/politifact-ohio-previews-first-ohio-senate-debate/
title: PolitiFact Ohio previews the first Ohio Senate debate
review_date: 2016-10-13T20:46:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It was (Rob Portman’s) job to stop China’s illegal dumping of steel. He failed, looked the other way, did nothing."


claimant: Ted Strickland
claim_date: 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Strickland's attack ad against Rob Portman twists facts on trade law
review_date: 2016-10-13T20:46:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It was (Rob Portman’s) job to stop China’s illegal dumping of steel. He failed, looked the other way, did nothing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/01/ted-strickland/anti-rob-portman-ad-relies-public-ignorance-trade-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Has US racked up $2 trillion in trade deficits since NAFTA began?
review_date: 2018-10-02T13:45:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/01/donald-trump/has-us-racked-2-trillion-trade-deficits-nafta-bega/


text: Photo shows Chris Wallace and Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein’s private island.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, that’s not Epstein with Chris Wallace. It’s George Clooney.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/02/viral-image/no-s-not-epstein-chris-wallace-its-george-clooney/


claimant: Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Texas is among the states with the widest pay gaps for Latina workers
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/27/lizzie-pannill-fletcher/texas-among-states-widest-pay-gap-latinas/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Elizabeth Warren didn’t say Republicans shouldn’t vote. A viral video was altered.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Elizabeth Warren said, “Allowing Republicans to vote could threaten the integrity of an election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/27/viral-image/sen-elizabeth-warren-didnt-say-republicans-shouldn/


text: USA Today reported that “5 children have gone missing inside a Chuck E. Cheese.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, five children didn’t disappear from a Chuck E. Cheese
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/09/viral-image/no-five-children-didnt-disappear-from-a-chuck-e-ch/


claimant: Jason Osborne
claim_date: 2018-05-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/22/john-kerry-was-paris-did-he-meet-iranians-he-says-/
title: John Kerry was in Paris. But did he meet with Iranians? He says no
review_date: 2018-05-22T15:11:20Z
textual_rating: Unproven claim
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former Secretary of State John Kerry met secretly in Paris with Iranians days after the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2016-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Were 300,000 Wisconsin voters turned away from the polls in the 2016 presidential election?
review_date: 2016-12-09T16:57:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/07/tweets/were-300000-wisconsin-voters-turned-away-polls-201/


text: "We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: US middle class no longer leads the world? Biden’s claim mostly on target
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/04/joe-biden/us-middle-class-no-longer-leads-world-bidens-claim/


text: Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: A young Kamala Harris was among Berkeley students bused to desegregate elementary schools
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/facebook-posts/young-kamala-harris-was-among-berkeley-students-bu/


text: “The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, the CDC is not on the verge of lifting 'epidemic' label for COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/13/facebook-posts/no-cdc-not-verge-no-longer-calling-covid-19-epidem/?fbclid=IwAR028NHRs6Bw7-ViwGc_m30KeFVzDibACw6e1az880q9bZka9VfeS3Xkcfg


text: Says Kevin Costner recently debuted a new line of CBD gummies.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kevin Costner didn’t recently debut a line of CBD gummies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/28/viral-image/no-kevin-costner-didnt-recently-debut-line-cbd-gum/


text: Says "Patrick Murphy was named one of America's least effective congressmen."
claimant: American Future Fund
claim_date: 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Ad attacking Patrick Murphy as among 'least effective' in Congress misses the mark
review_date: 2016-09-12T12:04:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/09/american-future-fund/ad-attacking-patrick-murphy-among-least-effective-/


text: “South Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Tennessee & Georgia are now mask FREE!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, these 5 states aren’t ‘mask free.’ There are local mask requirements
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/08/facebook-posts/no-these-5-states-arent-mask-free-there-are-local-/


claimant: Robert Reich
claim_date: 2021-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking how much governments in US, other nations spend on early childcare
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/11/robert-reich/fact-checking-how-much-governments-us-other-nation/


text: "California State Assembly bill would ban the (sale of the) Bible!"
claimant: Oath Keepers
claim_date: 2018-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, California bill would not ban Bible sales
review_date: 2018-04-26T16:08:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/26/oath-keepers/no-california-bill-would-not-ban-bible-sales/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Chinese officials will say coronavirus was leaked from a lab
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/blog-posting/no-evidence-chinese-officials-will-say-coronavirus/


claimant: Priorities USA
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/27/ad-watch-priorities-usa-trumps-coronavirus-respons/
title: Ad Watch: Priorities USA on Trump’s coronavirus response
textual_rating: Most comments came early
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump made comments downplaying the coronavirus as the number of cases in the U.S. rose exponentially.


claimant: Coalition for the Homeless
claim_date: 2020-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a claim about hotel rooms and the homeless in New York City
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/13/coalition-homeless/fact-checking-claim-about-hotel-rooms-and-homeless/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Tony Evers supports cutting prison population 50%, but releasing thousands of violent criminals?
review_date: 2018-09-21T16:45:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tony Evers "wants to cut Wisconsin's prison population in half, a dangerous plan that today would mean releasing thousands of violent criminals back into our communities."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/21/scott-walker/tony-evers-supports-cutting-prison-population-50-r/


text: The Las Vegas Sphere displayed a derogatory message directed at President Joe Biden.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Las Vegas Sphere photo showing crude message to Biden was fabricated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/viral-image/las-vegas-sphere-photo-showing-crude-message-to-bi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jul/13/fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-interview-ch/
title: Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s interview with Pat Robertson on 'The 700 Club'
review_date: 2017-07-13T21:41:06Z
textual_rating: Deal actually isn’t binding
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I terminated for our country the Paris accord...I terminated because it was not fair to our country, we have other countries that had much better deals than we did."


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine says millennials agree with Clinton, not Trump, on big issues
review_date: 2016-09-18T22:28:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/18/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-says-millennials-agree-clinton-not-trump/


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Diversity in Congress: Democrats have women and minorities, Republicans have white men over 55?
review_date: 2017-04-28T17:29:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/28/mark-pocan/congress-democrats-have-women-and-minorities-repub/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-05-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/28/facebook-posts/covid-19-virus-not-bacterium/
title: COVID-19 is still a virus, not a bacterium as post claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”


text: “Only 6% of the people actually died from COVID.” The others “died from other reasons.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump repeats false claim about COVID-19 deaths on Fox News
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/03/donald-trump/trump-repeats-false-claim-about-covid-19-deaths-fo/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Malala hasn’t been silent about the women in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/18/viral-image/no-malala-hasnt-been-silent-about-women-afghanista/


text: “System 'Glitch' ... In Wisconsin - Reversal of Swapped Votes Removes Lead from Joe Biden.”
claimant: Eric Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rock County did not have a glitch that stole votes from Trump
textual_rating: No Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/10/eric-trump/no-rock-county-did-not-have-glitch-stole-votes-tru/


text: A photo shows Brian Kemp posing with Gregory McMichael.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of Brian Kemp and Gregory McMichael
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-brian-kemp-and-gregory-mcmichael/


text: "There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump the most transparent president ever? No
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/04/donald-trump/trump-administration-most-transparent-ever-no/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Northam will not cut off power, kill Virginians who refuse to give up guns
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said, ‘You will give up your guns, if you don’t I’ll have the National Guard cut your power, your phone lines, and your internet. Then, if you still refuse to comply I’ll have you killed.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/02/facebook-posts/no-northam-will-not-cut-power-kill-virginians-who-/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/29/top-10-fact-checks-rnc-dnc/
title: The top 10 fact-checks at the RNC, DNC
review_date: 2016-07-28T04:15:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Independent analysts "found that Trump's tax plan, given to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt."


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine says Donald Trump's plan would add $30 trillion in debt, tilt toward the wealthy
review_date: 2016-07-28T04:15:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Independent analysts "found that Trump's tax plan, given to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-says-donald-trumps-plan-would-add-30-tri/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jul/13/fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-interview-ch/
title: Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s interview with Pat Robertson on 'The 700 Club'
review_date: 2017-07-13T21:34:49Z
textual_rating: Many deals not set
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Saudi Arabia put up hundreds of billions of dollars of money going into buying our planes and our military equipment and investing in our country."


text: "Texas law enforcement officer fatally shot upon arriving for work by 3 Muslim refugee."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news headline blames Texas deputy’s real death on fictitious Muslim refugees
review_date: 2017-04-17T20:01:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/17/blog-posting/fake-news-headline-blames-texas-deputys-real-death/


text: "Biden concedes 6 million votes."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Biden misspoke about turnout numbers, but he didn’t concede 6 million votes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/19/facebook-posts/biden-misspoke-about-turnout-numbers-he-didnt-conc/


text: "Border agents discover body of 6-year-old girl: 'She was raped By 30 men'."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for claim about a 6-year-old girl found at U.S.-Mexico border 'raped by 30 men'
review_date: 2018-12-19T20:37:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/19/blog-posting/no-evidence-claim-about-6-year-old-girl-found-us-m/


claimant: State representatives
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Republicans botch claim comparing tuition for immigrants, veterans
review_date: 2019-03-13T20:44:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In-state tuition available "for non-U.S. citizens after three years … veterans have to wait five years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/13/wisconsin-assembly-republicans/republicans-botch-claim-comparing-tuition-immigran/


claimant: Ron Kind
claim_date: 2019-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Rep. Ron Kind hits target on claim that he voted for Clinton and Trump impeachment inquiries
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/25/ron-kind/us-rep-ron-kind-batting-thousand-presidential-inqu/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Comparison of shootings omits key difference: 2 were killed in Rittenhouse case
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/17/viral-image/comparison-shootings-omits-key-difference-2-were-k/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United Nations sent out an email instructing staff not to use the words “invasion” or “war’” when referring to Ukraine.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/28/facebook-posts/claim-un-told-staff-not-use-war-invasion-describe-/

title:
Claim that the UN told staff not to use ‘war,’ ‘invasion’ to describe Ukraine conflict needs context


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sweden is not faring the same as its locked down neighbors
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/28/facebook-posts/sweden-mostly-open-has-higher-covid-19-death-rate-/


text: Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal "lied about his service" in Vietnam.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump: Sen. Blumenthal 'lied about his service' in Vietnam
review_date: 2018-10-04T22:06:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/04/donald-trump/donald-trump-sen-blumenthal-lied-about-his-service/


text: Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: CEOs didn’t resign to trade stock on COVID tip
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/facebook-posts/ceos-didnt-resign-trade-stock-covid-tip/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, the FDA isn’t requiring all ice cream containers be sealed in response to the Blue Bell licker
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The FDA will now require sealed ice cream cartons in response to the Blue Bell ice cream licker, thus driving up the cost for consumers.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/17/facebook-posts/no-fda-isnt-requiring-all-ice-cream-containers-be-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, President Trump, Congress also investigated Barack Obama
review_date: 2019-02-07T23:39:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/07/donald-trump/Yes-President-Trump-Congress-also-investigated/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: The Pants on Fire claim that a Dominion rep in Georgia manipulated data
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Dominion representative in Gwinnett County improperly downloaded election data to “manipulate the data.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/02/facebook-posts/pants-fire-claim-dominion-rep-georgia-manipulated-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: What does Chick-fil-A have to do with Uganda’s anti-gay bill? Not much
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Chick-fil-A funds the National Christian Foundation, which "paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers" with a bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/facebook-posts/what-does-chick-fil-have-do-ugandas-anti-gay-bill-/


text: Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Is Amazon a ‘no-tax monopoly,’ as Donald Trump said?
review_date: 2017-07-26T18:58:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/26/donald-trump/amazon-no-tax-monopoly-donald-trump-said/


text: Says Tommy Tuberville "quit on his players" all four times that he was a college football coach.
claimant: Doug Jones
claim_date: 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that ex-coach Tommy Tuberville ‘quit on his players’ is exaggeration
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/06/doug-jones/claim-ex-coach-tommy-tuberville-quit-his-players-e/


text: Says as president he has “total” authority to re-open states amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s ridiculous statement about “total” authority neglects Constitution
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/donald-trump/trumps-ridiculous-statement-about-total-authority-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Health and Human Services didn’t say it failed to monitor vaccine safety
review_date: 2019-04-10T18:32:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/10/viral-image/no-health-and-human-services-didnt-say-it-failed-m/


claimant: Robert Mujica
claim_date: 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Do downstate NY residents contribute more in income tax than upstate?
review_date: 2018-02-01T16:51:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"70 percent of the income tax that the state collects happens to come from Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/01/robert-mujica/do-downstate-ny-residents-contribute-more-income-t/


text: On allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, "I have never said that or advocated that."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2015-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Rubio said he's never advocated for abortion exceptions for rape or incest
review_date: 2016-06-20T18:10:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/07/marco-rubio/rubio-said-hes-never-advocated-abortion-exceptions/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Jefferson didn’t say 'freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed, uninvolved people'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed and uninvolved people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/04/facebook-posts/jefferson-didnt-say-freedom-lost-gradually-uninter/


text: Says photo of man shows "diseases coming across the border."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Dated photo used to make false claim about migrants, disease
review_date: 2018-11-07T15:16:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/06/blog-posting/dated-photo-used-make-false-claim-about-migrants-d/


text: "We have a president who wanted to throw 32 million people off of the health care they had."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders has numbers to show Donald Trump wanted to cut health care for 32 million
review_date: 2019-02-28T16:36:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/28/bernie-sanders/sanders-trump-wanted-cut-health-care-32-million/


text: "We’re making (Medicare) stronger. We’re making Social Security stronger."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly says Social Security and Medicare are stronger
review_date: 2018-09-06T21:15:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-says-social-security-and-medi/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook meme makes false claims about benefits to immigrants who cross border illegally
review_date: 2018-11-08T18:48:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you cross the border illegally in the U.S., you get a drivers license, medical insurance, housing, career training, the right to vote."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/08/viral-image/facebook-meme-misleads-about-benefits-immigrants-w/


text: "Nancy Mace denies climate change."
claimant: Joe Cunningham
claim_date: 2020-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: SC House candidate Nancy Mace hedges, but doesn’t outright confirm climate change
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/19/joe-cunningham/sc-house-candidate-nancy-mace-hedges-doesnt-outrig/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Despite Trump talk, antifa has not been designated as a terrorist organization
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Since Trump labeled ANTIFA a terrorist organization their rights were stripped by the Patriot Act which states if someone is labeled a terrorist they are not afforded due process.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/21/instagram-posts/despite-trump-talk-antifa-has-not-been-designated-/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Are a third of people with drug problems on Medicaid, as Elizabeth Warren said?
review_date: 2017-07-18T15:18:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/18/elizabeth-warren/are-third-people-drug-problems-medicaid-elizabeth-/


text: “People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”
claimant: Mitt Romney
claim_date: 2022-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Mitt Romney jab over 7% inflation ignores rising wages
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/20/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-jab-seven-percent-poorer-inflation/


text: An image shows “a medical oddity that is characterized by having two pupils in each eyeball.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t an authentic image of an eye condition
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/18/viral-image/no-isnt-authentic-image-eye-condition/


text: “Free dental implants” are available “through Dental Grants.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: What’s missing from this offer of grants for free dental implants? The grants
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/13/facebook-posts/whats-missing-from-this-offer-of-grants-for-free-d/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 vaccines won’t alter your DNA and control you
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Vaccines “will remove parts of your DNA and replace it with GENETIC CODING (TECHNOLOGY)” that will “cause people to HAVE to cooperate with the New World Order.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/18/instagram-posts/no-covid-19-vaccines-wont-alter-your-dna-and-contr/


text: Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.
claimant: Mark Cuban
claim_date: 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Do wealthy Canadians donate to hospitals to get better treatment?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/19/mark-cuban/do-wealthy-canadians-donate-hospitals-get-better-t/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/29/fact-checking-joe-bidens-first-speech-congress/
title: Fact-checking President Joe Biden's first speech to Congress
review_date: 2021-04-29T04:44:48Z
textual_rating: Academic study backs it up
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly 90% of the infrastructure jobs created in the American Jobs Plan don’t require a college degree. 75% don’t require an associate’s degree."


text: Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Grapefruit comes with some risks, but no evidence it’s fatal with antidepressants
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/21/facebook-posts/grapefruit-comes-some-risks-no-evidence-its-fatal-/


text: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “mandates restaurants reopen”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-04-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/facebook-posts/worries-restaurant-owners-are-real-post-saying-geo/

title:
Worries for restaurant owners are real, but post saying Georgia Gov. mandated reopening goes too far


text: "Intensifying Hurricane Willa headed directly toward 10,000 migrant caravan path."
claimant: Patriotic Express
claim_date: 2018-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hurricane Willa is not headed toward the migrant caravan
review_date: 2018-10-23T21:58:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/blog-posting/hurricane-headed-toward-migrant-caravan-not-so/


text: A new Florida law says “a father must submit a DNA test before signing the birth certificates.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/06/facebook-posts/no-theres-no-florida-law-requiring-fathers-take-a/

title:
No, there’s no Florida law requiring fathers take a DNA test to sign their child’s birth certificate


text: “Republicans DO NOT want to throw doctors” in jail.
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2022-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Do Republicans want to throw doctors who break abortion laws in jail? Their plans say yes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/05/national-republican-senatorial-committee/do-republicans-want-throw-doctors-who-break-aborti/


text: Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN didn’t praise the Taliban for wearing masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/17/viral-image/no-cnn-didnt-praise-taliban-wearing-masks/


text: Map proves the Pennsylvania Senate election was rigged.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Map does not prove Pennsylvania election was rigged
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/10/instagram-posts/map-does-not-prove-pennsylvania-election-was-rigge/


text: Says "No, I don't benefit, I don't benefit" from his tax proposal.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's dubious claim that his tax plan won't benefit him
review_date: 2017-09-28T19:53:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/28/donald-trump/donald-trumps-dubious-claim-his-tax-plan-wont-bene/


claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Ukrainian’s firm paid Rep. Mucarsel-Powell’s husband, but attack goes too far
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/16/congressional-leadership-fund/ukrainians-firm-paid-rep-mucarsel-powells-husband-/


text: Says Donald Trump said of women, "And you can tell them to go f--- themselves."
claimant: Priorities USA
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Priorities USA ad rips Trump's 'f--- themselves' quote way out of context
review_date: 2016-05-18T21:28:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/18/priorities-usa-action/priorities-usa-donald-trump-women-ad/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/29/fact-checking-joe-bidens-first-speech-congress/
title: Fact-checking President Joe Biden's first speech to Congress
review_date: 2021-04-29T04:44:48Z
textual_rating: That's part of the story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The economy created more than 1.3 million new jobs in 100 days, more new jobs in the first 100 days than any president on record."


text: On keeping inspectors general independent of the president
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2020-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Ron Johnson changes tune on watchdog independence under Trump
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/29/ron-johnson/ron-johnson-inspector-general-independence-trump/


text: The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Brooklyn subway shooting was not a false flag attack
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/14/facebook-posts/no-brooklyn-subway-shooting-was-not-false-flag-att/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson film falsely claims Jan. 6 is ‘pretext to strip millions’ of ‘constitutional rights’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans — disfavored Americans — of their core constitutional rights.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-film-falsely-claims-jan-6-pretext-s/


text: "Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Kids ‘50 times more likely to be killed’ by COVID-19 vaccines? Pants on Fire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/15/viral-image/kids-50-times-more-likely-be-killed-covid-19-vacci/


claimant: Al Gore
claim_date: 2017-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Al Gore says a majority of Trump voters support Paris Agreement. Really?
review_date: 2017-06-05T17:53:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A majority of President Trump's supporters and voters wanted (the United States) to stay in" the Paris Agreement

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/05/al-gore/al-gore-says-majority-trump-voters-support-paris-a/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: What an attack about Biden’s votes on Social Security omits
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/facebook-posts/what-attack-about-bidens-votes-social-security-omi/


text: “Dying nurse on deathbed claims she swapped more than 5,000 babies for ‘fun.’”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Old claim about nurse swapping 5,000 babies at birth has been debunked
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/17/viral-image/old-claim-about-nurse-swapping-5000-babies-birth-h/


text: Russia and China are “doing naval exercises together someplace."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: China and Russia 'doing naval exercises together'
review_date: 2016-08-04T17:16:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/donald-trump/trump-china-and-russia-doing-naval-exercises-toget/


text: Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."
claimant: Casey Cagle
claim_date: 2017-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Lt. Gov. Cagle says Georgia is No. 1 state for business. Is it?
review_date: 2017-07-19T16:04:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/19/casey-cagle/lt-gov-cagle-says-georgia-no-1-state-business/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Supposed photo of Trump dancing with a girl on Jeffrey Epstein’s island appears fabricated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows former President Donald Trump “dancing with a 13-year-old girl” on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/15/viral-image/supposed-photo-of-trump-dancing-with-a-girl-on-jef/


text: Says he did not tell President Obama "don’t go" after Osama bin Laden
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Biden continues to recast his comments to Obama about bin Laden raid
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/joe-biden/biden-continues-recast-his-comments-obama-about-bi/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich claims health care reform includes 'Death Panels'
review_date: 2016-07-15T17:03:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was right that President Barack Obama’s health care bill created what "would, in effect, be death panels."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/oct/28/newt-gingrich/gingrich-claims-health-care-reform-includes-death-/


text: "I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2016-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie says 'I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor' -- but he did
review_date: 2016-07-15T14:01:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jan/15/chris-christie/marco-rubio-says-chris-christie-supported-sonia-so/


text: A video shows drone footage of the killing of Qassem Soleimani.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Supposed footage of Qassem Soleimani drone strike is actually stolen from a video game.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/13/viral-image/footage-video-game-not-killing-iranian-general-qas/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Did Trump open a 'major Apple Manufacturing plant' in Austin? No.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/donald-trump/did-trump-open-apple-plant-austin-no/


claimant: Mike Gallagher
claim_date: 2019-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: House did not impeach Trump for third time or for criticizing NFL
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the House impeachment vote was the third by Democrats — "They tried to impeach Trump for criticizing the NFL and for some other things."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/mike-gallagher/house-did-not-impeach-trump-third-time-or-criticiz/


text: "Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: The evidence is plentiful: Black Americans’ ancestors came from Africa, despite contrary claim
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/31/facebook-posts/the-evidence-is-plentiful-black-americans-ancestor/


text: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared smoking marijuana and transgender women in the Olympics.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, AOC didn’t tweet this about smoking marijuana and the Olympics
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/viral-image/no-aoc-didnt-tweet-about-smoking-marijuana-and-oly/


claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong about spending in Georgia race
review_date: 2018-11-28T22:01:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wrong-about-spending-geor/


text: "Fox star Tucker Carlson in critical condition (then died) after head on collision driving home."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Liberal troll behind Tucker Carlson death hoax being spread online
review_date: 2017-05-15T20:44:52Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/15/blog-posting/liberal-troll-behind-tucker-carlson-death-hoax-spr/


text: A photo shows "Obama being dragged before a judge in handcuffs for wiretapping Trump."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Image of Obama in handcuffs for wiretapping Trump is fake photo
review_date: 2017-03-09T15:25:12Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/09/blog-posting/image-obama-handcuffs-wiretapping-trump-fake-photo/


text: Says Adam Sandler said "Mormons are some of the most decent people I’ve ever come across."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news sites say celebrities praise Mormons, but quotes are made up
review_date: 2017-08-29T19:47:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/29/blog-posting/fake-news-sites-say-celebrities-praise-mormons-quo/


text: Says President Joe Biden “recently said that 48.8% of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy.”
claimant: Republican Governors Association
claim_date: 2022-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t say nearly half of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/09/republican-governors-association/no-biden-didnt-say-nearly-half-wisconsin-voters-ar/


claimant: Kevin Brady
claim_date: 2017-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Does 70 percent of tax bill's relief go to those making less than $200,000?
review_date: 2017-11-30T14:45:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/30/kevin-brady/does-70-percent-tax-bills-relief-go-those-making-u/


claimant: Save My Care
claim_date: 2017-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: GOP health care bill charges five times more for people over 50, liberal group says
review_date: 2017-05-12T13:14:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/11/save-my-care/gop-health-care-bill-charges-five-times-more-peopl/


text: “Trump in the White House!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump still isn’t at 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/nov/19/facebook-posts/no-donald-trump-still-isnt-white-house/


text: "Mike Coffman is with Trump."
claimant: Colorado's Voice
claim_date: 2016-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is Rep. Mike Coffman with Trump? Coffman says not yet
review_date: 2016-05-18T21:22:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/18/colorados-voice/group-says-mike-coffman-trump-he-says-billionaire-/


text: Says “Joe Biden wants to ban 9mm pistols.”
claimant: National Rifle Association
claim_date: 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden doesn’t want to ban 9 millimeter pistols
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/national-rifle-association/no-joe-biden-doesnt-want-ban-9-millimeter-pistols/


text: “Fauci arrested.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Dr. Anthony Fauci wasn’t arrested, despite recurring social media claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/04/facebook-posts/dr-anthony-fauci-wasnt-arrested-despite-recurring/


claimant: Chris Koster
claim_date: 2016-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Koster skews meaning of 'image consultants' hired by Eric Greitens charity
review_date: 2016-11-06T18:08:14Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens "spent another $600,000 on image consultants" to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/06/chris-koster/chris-koster-skews-meaning-image-consultants-hired/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Taxing churches would not add enough revenue to lower rates for individuals
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/28/viral-image/taxing-churches-would-not-add-enough-revenue-lower/


text: “Go to 2020census.gov and fill out this census form so you can get your stimulus check.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, your Census response won’t affect whether you get a federal stimulus check
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/23/facebook-posts/no-your-census-response-wont-affect-whether-you-ge/


claimant: Republican National Committee
claim_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/personalities/republican-national-committee-republican/
title: Republican National Committee
textual_rating: Claim misses policy nuances
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Biden supports government health care for illegal immigrants. Bernie supports government health care for illegal immigrants."


text: "I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2013-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: A look at Marco Rubio's West Miami home
review_date: 2016-05-11T20:07:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/feb/14/marco-rubio/look-marco-rubios-working-class-west-miami-home/


text: Says Hillary Clinton’s immigration platform would "create totally open borders."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton would create 'totally open borders'
review_date: 2016-06-23T20:37:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/23/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-would-create-tot/


text: Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie says Mitt Romney isn’t counting on New Jersey to win presidency
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:40:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/aug/15/chris-christie/chris-christie-says-mitt-romney-isnt-counting-new-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2015-11-21T00:00:00Z
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: 2016-04-13T14:46:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2015-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump's claim that thousands in New Jersey cheered when World Trade Center tumbled
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:21:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/nov/22/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-thousands-new-jersey-ch/


claimant: Ben Carson
claim_date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, undocumented immigrants aren’t impacting the waitlist for public housing in Houston
review_date: 2019-05-31T15:23:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says more than 100,000 people are waiting for public housing in Houston and people who are in the country illegally are taking their spaces.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/30/ben-carson/ben-carson-houston-public-housing-immigrants/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Oprah’s house not seized and she hasn’t been arrested
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Oprah Winfrey’s house “has been seized and they are excavating the property and digging up the tunnels!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/facebook-posts/no-oprahs-house-not-seized-and-she-hasnt-been-arre/


text: "Matt Rosendale supports plans that don’t have to cover (pre-existing conditions)."
claimant: Jon Tester
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Montana’s Matt Rosendale supports plans that don’t cover pre-existing conditions
review_date: 2018-10-31T15:56:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/31/jon-tester/montanas-matt-rosendale-supports-plans-dont-cover-/


text: "Tina (Smith) profited from the opioid crisis."
claimant: Karin Housley
claim_date: 2018-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Karin Housley twists Tina Smith’s finances to allege profits from big pharma
review_date: 2018-11-01T14:19:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/31/karin-housley/karin-housley-twists-tina-smiths-finances-allege-p/


claimant: Gordon Gee
claim_date: 2018-09-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/29/e-gordon-gee/trust-media-lower-trust-congress/
title: Is trust in the media lower than trust in Congress?
review_date: 2018-10-31T14:15:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In public approval, "the press is rated right now below that of Congress, and that is very low; it’s in the single digits."


text: "USPS loses $1.46 each Amazon package it delivers."
claimant: Eric Bolling
claim_date: 2018-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, USPS doesn't lose $1.46 on every Amazon package
review_date: 2018-04-06T15:16:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/06/eric-bolling/usps-amazon-lose-146-every-package-delivers/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Ordering baby formula from Amazon in Canada has catches
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/ordering-baby-formula-amazon-canada-has-catches/


text: A photo shows Donald Trump embracing Jeffrey Epstein in the back of a limousine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in a limo is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/08/viral-image/photo-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-limo-fake/


text: Obamacare premiums "have gone up 160 percent in West Virginia in 4 yrs."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2019-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Did Obamacare premiums rise 160 percent in West Virginia in four years?
review_date: 2019-02-07T23:36:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/07/patrick-morrisey/did-obamacare-premiums-rise-160-percent-west-virgi/


text: The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D."
claimant: David McKinley
claim_date: 2018-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Does the U.S. spend more on potato chips than energy research?
review_date: 2018-12-06T20:47:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/06/david-mckinley/does-us-spend-more-potato-chips-energy-research/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton wants to admit thousands of refugees with no vetting, Rick Scott says
review_date: 2016-09-30T14:30:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/29/rick-scott/clinton-wants-admit-thousands-refugees-no-vetting-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Meme makes up new Constitutional amendment
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that the "28th Amendment" prohibits Congress from creating laws that apply to U.S. citizens but not to them, and vice-versa.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/11/facebook-posts/viral-meme-makes-new-constitutional-amendment/


claimant: Norm Eisen
claim_date: 2018-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s ‘fake news awards’ could land White House staff in hot water
review_date: 2018-01-11T22:10:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The White House staff risks violating federal ethics rules if they participate in Donald Trump’s "fake news awards."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/11/norm-eisen/donald-trumps-fake-news-awards-could-land-white-ho/


text: “Barack Obama signals That Democrats Intend to Cheat in the Virginia Governor’s Election.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Obama urged people to vote by mail or in person in Virginia’s governor election, not to ‘cheat’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/26/blog-posting/obama-urged-people-vote-mail-or-person-virginias-g/


text: Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate.
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2023-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Unlucky Charms? No, your cereal isn’t poisonous
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/25/facebook-posts/unlucky-charms-no-cereal-doesnt-contain-dangerous/


text: “Hunter Biden arrested this morning.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hunter Biden was not arrested on April 19
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/20/facebook-posts/no-hunter-biden-was-not-arrested-april-19/


text: U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden is mostly right that the US inflation rate is the lowest among other leading economies
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/01/joe-biden/does-the-us-have-less-inflation-than-other-leading/


text: ESPN soccer analyst Shaka Hislop collapsed on air because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-07-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/24/tweets/unfounded-claims-blaming-covid-vaccine-for-espn-an/

title:
Unfounded claims blaming COVID vaccine for ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop’s recent collapse spread online


text: “AARP endorsed Biden” and “says if you are past 75 you should just die and go away.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, AARP didn’t endorse Biden or say anyone older than 75 should die
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/19/facebook-posts/no-aarp-didnt-endorse-biden-or-say-anyone-older-75/


claimant: Dan Forest
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: North Carolina's Dan Forest cherry-picks data on kids, COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/dan-forest/north-carolinas-dan-forest-cherry-picks-data-kids-/


text: “Incomes are up.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: President Joe Biden said incomes are up, but that ignores inflation
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/16/joe-biden/joe-biden-said-incomes-are-ignores-inflation/


claimant: Southwest Farm Press
claim_date: 2018-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Texas ranks No. 1 in feral hogs. It's not home to 75 percent of nation's wild pigs.
review_date: 2018-02-01T21:36:45Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the nation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/01/southwest-farm-press/more-feral-hogs-texas-than-any-other-state-but-not/


text: An Instagram post says that a photo shows Michelle Obama as a man prior to marrying Barack Obama.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Image of Michelle Obama is absolutely altered
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/instagram-posts/image-michelle-obama-absolutely-altered/


claimant: Matt Flynn
claim_date: 2018-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Matt Flynn's claims that Foxconn is under investigation in China for fraud fall short
review_date: 2018-07-31T21:14:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2018/jul/31/matt-flynn/flynns-claims-against-foxconn-fall-short-actual-fr/

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/31/matt-flynn/flynns-claims-against-foxconn-fall-short-actual-fr/


text: Says Gwen Graham "voted against President Obama 52 percent of the time."
claimant: The Collective
claim_date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Did Gwen Graham vote against President Obama 52 percent of the time?
review_date: 2018-05-17T14:55:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/17/collective-super-pac/did-gwen-graham-vote-against-president-obama-52-pe/


text: "It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Is $135 billion enough to end global poverty? No.
review_date: 2017-02-07T19:18:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/07/blog-posting/135-billion-enough-end-global-poverty-no/


text: Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life."
claimant: U.S. Dairy Export Council
claim_date: 2016-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Dairy exporters say WHO casts milk as 'an obstacle' to toddler health
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/20/us-dairy-export-council/dairy-exporters-say-who-casts-milk-obstacle-toddle/


claimant: Caitlyn Jenner
claim_date: 2017-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Caitlyn Jenner gets North Carolina's new HB2 replacement law all wrong
review_date: 2017-04-06T19:15:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The new law orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/04/caitlyn-jenner/caitlyn-jenner-get-north-carolinas-new-hb2-replace/


text: Twenty-seven percent of Californians, almost 11 million, "were born in a foreign land."
claimant: Jerry Brown
claim_date: 2017-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: TRUE: 27 percent of Californians 'were born in a foreign land'
review_date: 2017-01-25T00:02:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/24/jerry-brown/true-27-percent-californians-were-born-foreign-lan/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, British Parliament didn’t ban ‘witchcraft’ lipstick in 1770
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that in 1770 "British parliament banned lipstick, saying it had the power to seduce men into marriage, which was classified as witchcraft."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/facebook-posts/no-british-parliament-didnt-ban-witchcraft-lipstic/


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2019-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin lawmaker's claim that millionaires are eligible for food stamps is in the bag
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/glenn-grothman/wisconsin-lawmakers-claim-millionaires-are-eligibl/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Trump misses details when saying Florida insurance premiums going up by double digits
review_date: 2016-11-07T20:27:50Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It's just been announced that the residents of Florida are going to experience a massive, double-digit premium hike."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/07/donald-trump/trump-misses-details-when-saying-florida-insurance/


text: “This country’s working people actually got a raise.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s boast about rising wages ignores effect of inflation
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/20/joe-biden/bidens-boast-about-rising-wages-ignores-effect-inf/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Can taxpayers expect card-sized tax forms next year, as Donald Trump says?
review_date: 2018-04-09T12:40:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This will be the last time — April — that you’re going to (fill out) that old-fashioned, big, lots of pages, complicated tax form. Because next April you’re going to, in many cases, (file) one page, one card. It’s going to be very, very different. Very, very different."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/09/donald-trump/can-taxpayers-expect-card-sized-tax-forms-file-nex/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump repeats, falsely, that doctors, mothers decide to execute live babies after birth
review_date: 2019-04-29T20:13:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
With a late-term abortion, "the mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby, they wrap the baby beautifully. And then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/29/donald-trump/donald-trump-repeats-falsely-doctors-mothers-decid/


text: “Maybe (the COVID-19 vaccine) doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that.”
claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson falsely claims COVID-19 vaccines might not work
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/15/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-falsely-claims-covid-19-vaccines-mi/


claimant: Ron Klain
claim_date: 2021-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Ron Klain exaggerates improvements in employment, coronavirus death rate
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/10/ron-klain/ron-klain-exaggerates-improvements-employment-coro/


claimant: Dennis Kucinich
claim_date: 2018-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: In Ohio governor's race, Dennis Kucinich misleads about student debt numbers
review_date: 2018-03-21T10:20:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The default rate for college students has grown from 40 percent 10 years ago to about 50 percent today, and "perhaps as many as 800,000 young Ohioans are facing default on their student loans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/20/dennis-kucinich/ohio-governors-race-dennis-kucinich-misleads-about/


text: George Floyd and COVID-19 “never existed.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post is wrong to claim George Floyd and COVID-19 ‘never existed’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/22/viral-image/social-media-post-wrong-claim-george-floyd-and-cov/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Andy Borowitz didn’t make disparaging statement about Clinton voters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Andy Borowitz as saying "stopping Hillary is a short-term solution. The long-term solution — and it will be more difficult — is fixing the educational system that has created so many people ignorant enough to vote for Hillary."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/13/facebook-posts/no-andy-borowitz-didnt-make-disparaging-statement-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/29/donald-trumps-campaign-rally-wildwood-nj-what-he-g/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey
review_date: 2020-01-29T04:25:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We are protecting people with pre-existing conditions, and we always will, the Republican Party, pre-existing conditions. We saved it."


text: "The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump gets facts wrong on Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
review_date: 2019-01-09T15:14:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/donald-trump/trump-soviet-invasion-afghanistan-facts-wrong/


text: Photo shows a man who tortured his daughter’s rapist.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of protester mischaracterized as showing man who tortured daughter’s rapist
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/27/viral-image/photo-of-protester-mischaracterized-as-showing-man/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2022-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin among the top so far in allocating federal COVID funds to businesses
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/16/tony-evers/wisconsin-among-top-so-far-allocating-federal-covi/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Refereeing Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren on public support for Medicare for All
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/16/pete-buttigieg/refereeing-pete-buttigieg-elizabeth-warren-medicar/


text: “When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Following your nose won’t find fentanyl, experts say, but using test strips will
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/28/facebook-posts/following-your-nose-wont-find-fentanyl-experts-say/


claimant: Tulsi Gabbard
claim_date: 2019-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Tulsi Gabbard's attack on new Trump policy for pork inspections, E. coli testing
review_date: 2019-04-16T21:53:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump's "effort to roll back regulations means that Big Ag now gets to inspect its own pork" and "they decided to stop testing for E. coli."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/16/tulsi-gabbard/fact-checking-tulsi-gabbards-tweet-about-meat-insp/


text: “Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 relief for minority farmers not a ‘bonus,’ it’s for past discrimination
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/30/facebook-posts/covid-19-relief-minority-farmers-not-bonus-its-pas/


claimant: Richard Corcoran
claim_date: 2017-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Florida House speaker touts record education spending, but there's more to grade
review_date: 2017-05-15T14:36:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Florida House of Representatives allocated $24 billion, "the greatest investment in education in Florida history!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/15/richard-corcoran/corcoran-touts-level-education-spending-there/


claimant: Antonio Villaraigosa
claim_date: 2017-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/dec/29/do-only-13-percent-latino-and-black-students-go-fo/
title: Do only a fraction of California’s Latino and black students go to four-year colleges?
review_date: 2017-12-29T22:22:58Z
textual_rating: Latino numbers much higher
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Only 13 percent” of California’s African American and Latino students “are going to a four-year college.”


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says a record 90% of Americans have health insurance today
review_date: 2016-10-10T02:38:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Right now we are at 90 percent health insurance covered. That's the highest we've ever been in our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/09/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-90-percent-health/


text: "Heitkamp has voted against Trump 68 percent of time."
claimant: The National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2018-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading NRSC ad paints Heidi Heitkamp as Donald Trump contrarian
review_date: 2018-02-09T16:39:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/09/national-republican-senatorial-committee/misleading-nrsc-ad-heitkamp-trump-contrarian/


text: Video shows woman filling plastic bags with gas after Colonial Pipeline disruption.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a woman filling bags with gas because of the pipeline disruption
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/13/viral-image/no-video-doesnt-show-woman-filling-bags-gas-becaus/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire! Bloggers claim Obama canceled, Trump revived 'police week'
review_date: 2017-05-30T14:30:15Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Donald Trump "announced that he would reinstate a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/30/blog-posting/pants-fire-bloggers-claim-obama-canceled-trump-rev/


text: Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2015-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, South African officials didn't order a firm to lay off white workers
review_date: 2017-04-02T12:17:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/no-south-african-officials-didnt-order-white-layof/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz incorrect about Obama giving control of internet to UN-like body
review_date: 2016-09-14T18:01:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If "Congress fails to act, the Obama administration intends to give away control of the internet to an international body akin to the United Nations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/14/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-incorrect-about-obama-giving-control-inte/


text: "We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before."
claimant: Duey Stroebel
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Record turnouts after voter ID law passed? Not really
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/duey-stroebel/record-turnouts-after-voter-id-law-passed-not-real/


text: "A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
claimant: Steve Bullock
claim_date: 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: What percentage of gun sales are done without a background check?
review_date: 2018-03-21T18:30:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/16/steve-bullock/what-percentage-gun-sales-are-done-without-backgro/


text: Police say thousands of people witnessed a “demonic portal opening above White House.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Police didn’t say that thousands of people witnessed a demonic portal above the White House
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/13/facebook-posts/police-didnt-say-that-thousands-of-people-witnesse/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/feb/25/joe-bidens-plan-cut-child-poverty-half-what-you-ne/
title: Joe Biden’s plan to cut child poverty by half: What you need to know
textual_rating: Plausible pledge, experts say
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Referring to the refundable child tax credit, "if we get this done, it will cut child poverty in half."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump omits facts in claim about loopholes, unaccompanied minors
review_date: 2017-10-11T15:42:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-omits-facts-claim-loopholes-minors-un/


claimant: Stephen Miller
claim_date: 2017-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Did court find no indication of terrorism from seven nations in Trump order?
review_date: 2017-02-14T22:08:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/14/stephen-miller/did-court-find-no-indication-terrorism-seven/


text: Says "Donald Trump himself contributed $100,000" to the Clinton Foundation.
claimant: David Plouffe
claim_date: 2016-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Donald Trump donated $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation
review_date: 2016-08-28T20:49:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/28/david-plouffe/yes-donald-trump-donated-100000-clinton-foundation/


text: The Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.”
claimant: American Prosperity Alliance
claim_date: 2022-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Senate bill won’t strip $300 billion from Medicare
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/05/american-prosperity-alliance/no-senate-bill-wont-strip-300-billion-medicare/


claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Clinton mostly accurate on international unemployment comparison
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-mostly-accurate-international-unemplo/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Buttigieg’s bad math exaggerates the budget gap in Sanders’ big plans
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/pete-buttigieg/buttigiegs-bad-math-exaggerates-budget-gap-sanders/


claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2016-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Republican PAC smears Ted Strickland with potty politics
review_date: 2016-09-01T21:35:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And while (Ted) Strickland proposed cuts for services for children, he wasted over $250,000 remodeling his bathrooms at the governor’s mansion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/national-republican-senatorial-committee/pro-republican-pac-smears-ted-strickland-potty-pol/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: World Health Organization did not say COVID-19 vaccines might cause multiple sclerosis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The World Health Organization said there is "a possible causal relationship" between COVID-19 vaccines and multiple sclerosis.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/28/instagram-posts/world-health-organization-did-not-say-covid-19-vac/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2022-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz spins partisan blame for failure of gun legislation
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/27/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-spins-partisan-blame-failure-gun-legislat/


claimant: Ashley Smith
claim_date: 2017-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Ashley Smith, who posed with Greg Abbott, says transgender Americans make up 1-in-300 residents
review_date: 2017-08-03T17:29:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says transgender residents make up "about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/ashley-smith/ashley-smith-transgender-residents-1-300-greg-abbo/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: In 22 states, gay couples can be legally booted from restaurants. How often that happens is unclear
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/16/joe-biden/in-22-states-gay-couples-can-be-legally-booted-fro/


claimant: Gwen Graham
claim_date: 2018-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Was Ron DeSantis the 'deciding' vote against the state's right to protect Florida's coast?
review_date: 2018-01-12T16:02:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Congress, @RonDeSantisFL was the DECIDING vote AGAINST our state's right to protect Florida waters from drilling."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/12/gwen-graham/did-ron-desantis-cast-deciding-vote-against-legisl/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2017-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Border fence in Israel cut illegal immigration by 99 percent, GOP senator says
review_date: 2017-02-13T17:05:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/13/ron-johnson/border-fence-israel-cut-illegal-immigration-99-per/


text: “Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
claimant: Mark Born
claim_date: 2021-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, private insurance doesn’t provide 'better coverage' than Medicaid
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/mark-born/no-private-insurance-doesnt-provide-better-coverag/


text: Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.
claimant: Donna Campbell
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: How many abortions are performed in Texas each year?
review_date: 2019-04-05T17:17:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/05/donna-campbell/how-many-abortions-are-performed-annually-texas/


text: Says Lucy McBath "is supporting those who attack the police."
claimant: Karen Handel
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Handel’s own ad disproves her claim that McBath backs ‘those who attack police’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/karen-handel/handels-own-ad-disproves-her-claim-mcbath-backs-th/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2022-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Immigrants who are known criminals are not using an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland security.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/04/ron-johnson/immigrants-who-are-known-criminals-are-not-using-a/


text: Says Libya "Ambassador (Christopher) Stevens sent 600 requests for help" in Benghazi.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wildly exaggerates Amb. Christopher Steven's requests for extra Benghazi security
review_date: 2016-10-14T14:10:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-wildly-exaggerates-amb-christopher-st/


text: "Jeff Flake’s office leaks names of those charged in Mueller’s Russian probe."
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2017-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news! Blog claims Jeff Flake leaks indictments in Mueller probe
review_date: 2017-10-30T15:43:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/30/blog-posting/fake-news-blog-claims-jeff-flake-leaks-indictments/


text: "Atlanta is on its strongest financial footing in 40 years."
claimant: Keisha Lance Bottoms
claim_date: 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Atlanta's finances: Really the best in 40 years?
review_date: 2018-01-12T18:15:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/12/keisha-lance-bottoms/atlantas-finances-best-40-years/


claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Roy Cooper compares Georgia's COVID-19 numbers to North Carolina
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/15/roy-cooper/roy-cooper-compares-georgias-covid-19-numbers-nort/


claimant: Richard Cordray
claim_date: 2017-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Richard Cordray mostly on point comparing taxes paid by corporations versus individuals
review_date: 2018-01-30T17:43:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/30/richard-cordray/richard-cordray-mostly-point-comparing-taxes-paid-/


text: Photo shows Empire State Building lit up to support Ukraine.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Old photo of Empire State Building unrelated to Ukraine despite claims on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/25/tweets/old-photo-empire-state-building-unrelated-ukraine-/


claimant: George Holding
claim_date: 2018-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Holding misleads on Obamacare premium increase during Monday night debate
review_date: 2018-10-26T21:58:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Obamacare raised premiums by 100 percent and after that 91 percent of the people were covered, but we’re all paying 100 percent more."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/26/george-holding/holding-misleads-obamacare-premium-increase-during/


text: "More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2019-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Is U.S. Sen. Baldwin right that more Americans are without health insurance?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/13/tammy-baldwin/us-sen-baldwin-right-more-americans-are-without-he/


text: "Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every election"
claimant: Dallas Woodhouse
claim_date: 2017-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Woodhouse says GOP is winning unaffiliated voters in NC
review_date: 2017-09-27T17:38:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/27/dallas-woodhouse/woodhouse-says-gop-winning-unaffiliated-voters-nc/


text: "In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did Biden laud a Paul Ryan proposal to cut Social Security as Bernie Sanders’ campaign said?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/09/bernie-sanders/did-biden-laud-paul-ryan-proposal-cut-social-secur/


text: Says Pete Gallego "went and lobbied after you fired him from Congress."
claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Republican group wrong that 'fired' Pete Gallego turned around and became lobbyist
review_date: 2016-10-12T22:35:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/12/national-republican-congressional-committee/republican-group-says-fired-pete-gallego-turned-ar/


text: “COP26 luxury EVs to be recharged using diesel generators”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, diesel fuel isn’t recharging electric cars at COP26 climate meeting
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/26/blog-posting/no-diesel-fuel-isnt-recharging-electric-cars-cop26/


text: “Arizona BANS Electronic Voting Machines.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Arizona isn’t banning electronic voting machines in 2024
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/31/facebook-posts/no-arizona-isnt-banning-electronic-voting-machines/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims about the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Lawyer-couple who pointed guns at protesters are Black Lives Matter backers, Democrats and represent a police brutality victim.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/01/viral-image/fact-checking-claim-about-who-couple-who-pointed-g/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Blog posts don't update bad details about couple's suicide over health care
review_date: 2017-08-03T19:28:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a New York physician and his wife jumped to their deaths because they "can’t afford" Obamacare.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/blog-posting/blog-posts-dont-update-bad-details-about-couples-s/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Viral photo of two armed men guarding a high school was taken for a yearbook, not a school shooting
review_date: 2019-05-23T20:29:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/viral-image/viral-photo-two-armed-men-guarding-high-school-was/


text: "The KKK was formed by the Democratic Party."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Democratic Party didn’t create the Ku Klux Klan
review_date: 2019-02-06T15:03:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/blog-posting/no-democratic-party-didnt-create-klu-klux-klan/


text: "Soros, Obama and the Dems Ordered the Shutdown to Stage a Coup"
claimant: Reagan was Right
claim_date: 2018-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news claims Obama coup behind the government shutdown
review_date: 2018-01-22T22:23:17Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/22/reaganwasright/fake-news-claims-obama-coup-behind-government-shut/


text: “While serving as Town Supervisor, Nate McMurray voted to raise taxes on homeowners.”
claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Jacob's charge that McMurray raised taxes on Grand Island is correct
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/28/chris-jacobs/jacobs-charge-mcmurray-raised-taxes-grand-island-c/


text: U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: US public schools are still teaching about the Declaration of Independence
review_date: 2023-04-07T22:25:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/07/facebook-posts/us-public-schools-are-still-teaching-about-declara/


text: “As a lawyer working in Korea, Nate McMurray helped send American jobs to Asia”
claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: GOP renews line against McMurray’s work, and it’s still wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/20/chris-jacobs/gop-renews-line-against-mcmurrays-work-and-its-sti/


text: “Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
claimant: Darren Jackson
claim_date: 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: North Carolina Democrat right: most Americans want Trump to wear a mask
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/darren-jackson/north-carolina-democrat-right-most-americans-want-/


text: Barack Obama said he walks with his “husband Michael and hold hands.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama didn’t call his wife his ‘husband Michael’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/viral-image/no-obama-didnt-call-his-wife-his-husband-michael/


text: “You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: In gun policy address, Joe Biden exaggerates about background checks at gun shows
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/08/joe-biden/gun-policy-address-joe-biden-was-wrong-about-backg/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Viral photo does not show Harriet Tubman with gun she used to kill Democrats
review_date: 2019-03-25T19:44:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/25/facebook-posts/no-harriet-tubman-wasnt-gun-toting-republican-who-/


text: "Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama not facing indictment for spying on Trump
review_date: 2018-02-12T20:54:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/12/blog-posting/no-obama-not-facing-indictment-spying-trump/


text: There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, there isn’t an unlimited supply of water being made underneath the Earth
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/07/instagram-posts/no-there-isnt-unlimited-supply-water-being-made-un/


text: "Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’."
claimant: AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
claim_date: 2017-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news site says Jason Aldean gave anti-gun rant on 'Saturday Night Live'
review_date: 2017-10-10T20:37:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/10/asamericanasapplepieorg/fake-news-site-says-jason-aldean-gave-anti-gun-scr/


claimant: Marc Short
claim_date: 2017-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: CBO counted 7 million people who 'don't exist,' says White House legislative director
review_date: 2017-07-05T13:59:48Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/05/marc-short/cbo-counted-7-million-people-who-dont-exist-says-w/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of Amish following and feeding the ‘Freedom Convoy’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows Amish who drove 2.5 hours with the “Freedom Convoy” to cook them food at their next stop.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/31/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-amish-following-and-feeding-freedom-/


text: Says over 90 percent of Travis County’s eligible residents have registered to vote.
claimant: Bruce Elfant
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Bruce Elfant says 90-plus percent of eligible Travis County residents have registered to vote
review_date: 2016-10-14T20:28:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/14/bruce-elfant/bruce-elfant-says-90-plus-percent-eligible-travis-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump right that China slaps a 25 percent tariff on American cars?
review_date: 2018-04-09T21:08:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-china-slaps-25-percent-tariff-a/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Sessions' questionable claim that DACA helped cause spike in minors at border
review_date: 2017-09-05T22:18:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/05/jeff-sessions/jeff-sessions-questionable-claim-daca-helped-cause/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Florida drivers who have a phone 'in hand' will not be ticketed $250 or sent to driving school
review_date: 2019-03-18T19:59:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/18/facebook-posts/no-florida-drivers-who-have-phone-hand-will-not-be/


text: Hillary Clinton said in an email that she didn’t want Michelle Obama at the same events as her.
claimant: Viral
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Wikileaks didn’t release an email that shows Hillary Clinton insulting Michelle Obama
review_date: 2019-04-26T16:40:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/26/viral-image/no-wikileaks-didnt-release-email-shows-hillary-cli/


text: Symbols on Huggies diapers are coded references to pedophilia.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Huggies diaper designs don’t include coded references to pedophilia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/20/instagram-posts/huggies-diaper-designs-dont-include-coded-referenc/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/dec/05/detailing-michael-flynns-turn-trump-mueller/
title: Timeline of Michael Flynn's turn, from Trump aide to Mueller witness
review_date: 2017-05-12T20:04:22Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim Russia story 'made-up' by Democrats
review_date: 2017-05-12T20:04:22Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/12/donald-trump/trump-calls-trump-russia-story-made-/


text: Insulin prices rose “with the swipe of (Joe Biden’s) pen.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook posts blaming Biden for insulin prices miss the mark
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/25/facebook-posts/facebook-posts-blaming-biden-insulin-prices-miss-m/


text: Facebook is changing its hate speech policy to ban “Let’s go Brandon.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Facebook isn’t changing its policies to ban ‘Let’s go Brandon’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/22/viral-image/no-facebook-isnt-changing-its-policies-ban-lets-go/


text: “Naomi Biden says Joe Biden died four years ago.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of Joe Biden’s granddaughter saying he died four years ago
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/08/viral-image/no-isnt-video-joe-bidens-granddaughter-saying-he-d/


text: "We were short on ventilators because the cupboards were bare when we took it over."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again
review_date: 2020-09-16T12:52:14Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/15/trumps-abc-news-town-hall-four-pinocchios-over-over-again/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show Ted Cruz asking the U.S. Supreme Court to charge an aide to the attorney general
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Sen. Ted Cruz asking the Supreme Court to file charges against an aide to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/17/facebook-posts/video-doesnt-show-ted-cruz-asking-the-us-supreme-c/


claimant: Joan Ballweg
claim_date: 2023-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Has Wisconsin really seen $63 billion in COVID relief funding?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/14/joan-ballweg/has-wisconsin-really-seen-63-billion-covid-relief/


text: A video shows a real angel in the sky in Palestine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Look, up in the sky! It’s an angel, it’s a horse, it’s an altered video!
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/20/viral-image/look-up-in-the-sky-its-an-angel-its-a-horse-its-an/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton video says Donald Trump admitted that he can't say he treats women with respect
review_date: 2016-07-27T04:24:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says when an interviewer asked Donald Trump if he treats women with respect, Trump replied, "I can't say that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-video-says-donald-trump-admitted-h/


text: Says Dan McCready “believes in open borders and sanctuary cities.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Trump misleads NC about Dan McCready's immigration stances
review_date: 2019-08-30T22:38:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/30/donald-trump/trump-misleads-nc-about-dan-mccreadys-immigration-/


text: Says conservative mega-donor Richard Uihlein is a Wisconsin resident.
claimant: Kevin Nicholson
claim_date: 2018-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Senate hopeful Kevin Nicholson stretches definition of state resident
review_date: 2018-05-04T21:18:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/04/kevin-nicholson/what-makes-illinois-resident-wisconsin-resident/


text: President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump did not put a hold on evictions through December
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/10/facebook-posts/no-donald-trump-did-not-put-hold-evictions-through/


text: Says Leonardo DiCaprio gave Ukraine $10 million.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t give $10 million to Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/11/facebook-posts/no-leonardo-dicaprio-didnt-give-10-million-ukraine/


text: A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump's parents were not wearing KKK robes in old photo
review_date: 2019-02-04T19:16:29Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/04/viral-image/no-donald-trumps-parents-were-not-wearing-kkk-robe/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump trumpets 40 percent decrease in illegal border crossings. Is he right?
review_date: 2017-03-14T20:48:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the first full month of my administration following the issuance of my executive orders, illegal immigration on our southern border fell by an unprecedented 40 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/14/donald-trump/trump-says-after-executive-orders-illegal-immigrat/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Why Trump appointments have lagged behind other presidents
review_date: 2018-03-16T15:30:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Democratic obstruction is the reason why "many important positions in government are unfilled."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/16/donald-trump/why-trump-appointments-have-lagged-behind-other-pr/


text: The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly said insurance companies will waive co-pays for coronavirus treatments
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/12/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-said-health-insurance-companies-will/


text: "There are fewer people crossing (the southwest) border than in the last 30 years."
claimant: Luis Gutierrez
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Gutierrez says fewer people crossing border than in last 30 years
review_date: 2016-10-14T18:18:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/26/luis-gutierrez/rep-gutierrez-says-fewer-people-crossing-border-la/


text: Actor Tom Selleck praised President Donald Trump in a meeting with Breitbart.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-05-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/blog-posting/no-tom-selleck-didnt-praise-trump-breitbart-interv/

title:
No, Tom Selleck didn’t praise Trump in Breitbart interview. Most of the words are from another actor


text: Hospital photo of Damar Hamlin proves “he’s a corpse.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Damar Hamlin is alive despite baseless claims to the contrary
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/27/facebook-posts/damar-hamlin-alive-despite-baseless-claims-contrar/


text: Says President Donald "Trump orders 13 Obama deep state operatives arrested for treason."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news claim: Trump arrests top Obama officials for treason
review_date: 2017-08-09T14:25:28Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/09/blog-posting/fake-news-claim-trump-arrests-top-obama-officials-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of discharge paperwork shows outdated recommendations
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/09/viral-image/photo-discharge-paperwork-shows-outdated-recommend/


text: "When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s take on wind energy
review_date: 2019-04-03T21:40:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-take-wind-energy/


text: Joe Biden "murdered U.S. Navy Seals."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: This claim that Biden revealed the names of Seal Team 6 members is still wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/10/viral-image/claim-biden-revealed-names-seal-team-6-members-sti/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Tlaib did not tweet about 'raping and pillaging' America after protests at U.S. embassy in Iraq
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted and then deleted a post that said "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/facebook-posts/false-2019-and-false-now-rashida-tlaib-did-not-twe/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump claimed the Emmys were rigged
review_date: 2016-10-20T05:37:34Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There was even a time when (Donald Trump) didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-donald-trump-claims-emmys-wer/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump did not call Republican voters dumb in the 1990s
review_date: 2018-12-18T17:28:04Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
That Donald Trump said in 1998 if he were to run for president he would run as a Republican because "They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/18/blog-posting/no-donald-trump-did-not-call-republican-voters-dum/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts issue alarmist warning about zip ties, sex trafficking
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sex traffickers are using a zip-tie contraption on the door handles of vehicles “to trick females into looking down and digging for something in their purse to cut with ... Once they’re distracted, boom! They are quickly forced into another vehicle, never to be seen again by their people.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-issue-alarmist-warning-about-zi/


text: Photo shows a trashed venue in Glastonbury after climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke there.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Photo from 2015 wrongly described as showing aftermath of Greta Thunberg speech in 2022
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/28/viral-image/photo-2015-wrongly-described-showing-aftermath-gre/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/sep/14/fact-checkers-guide-hillary-clintons-new-book/
title: Fact-checking Hillary Clinton’s book 'What Happened'
review_date: 2017-09-13T21:32:59Z
textual_rating: Official numbers agree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There had been 75 straight months of job growth under President Obama and incomes for the bottom 80% were finally starting to go up."


text: A photo of Pete Buttigieg in a military uniform without visible patches shows that “he is a fraud.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy that Buttigieg never served in the military is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/facebook-posts/conspiracy-buttigieg-never-served-military-pants-f/


claimant: Herschel Walker
claim_date: 2022-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Walker’s misleading claim about Warnock’s support for ending cash bail and releasing prisoners
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/17/herschel-walker/walkers-claim-about-warnocks-support-for-ending-ca/


text: "California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically."
claimant: World Net Daily
claim_date: 2018-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, California didn’t pass a law allowing undocumented immigrants to register to vote
review_date: 2018-01-25T01:25:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/24/worldnetdaily/no-california-didnt-pass-law-allowing-undocumented/


text: “There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden wrong to say Supreme Court has no session before Election Day
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/21/joe-biden/biden-wrong-say-supreme-court-has-no-session-elect/


text: Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."
claimant: Rebecca Dallet
claim_date: 2018-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet's claim that she has presided over more than 10,000 cases
review_date: 2018-02-16T16:46:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/16/rebecca-dallet/supreme-court-candidate-rebecca-dallets-claim-she-/


claimant: Sen. Sherrod Brown
claim_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Sherrod Brown says Trump tax cut is for 'millionaires like himself'
review_date: 2016-08-01T21:06:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Trump proposes tax cuts, too -- $3 trillion for millionaires like himself and $2 trillion for corporations like his."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/sherrod-brown/sen-sherrod-brown-says-trump-tax-cut-millionaires-/


text: "Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders.”
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2021-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio falsely claims former leaders are prosecuted ‘only in the Third World’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/29/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-falsely-claims-former-leaders-are-pros/


text: Vladimir Putin “orders destruction of all COVID-19 vaccines in Russia.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Vladimir Putin didn’t order COVID-19 vaccines to be destroyed in Russia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/blog-posting/no-vladimir-putin-didnt-order-covid-19-vaccines-to/


text: "We took Wisconsin from the Bottom 10 for business to the Top 10."
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2017-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Testing Scott Walker's Top 10 business ranking claim
review_date: 2017-08-23T19:08:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/23/scott-walker/testing-scott-walkers-top-10-business-ranking-clai/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/06/fact-checking-falsehoods-trumps-nov-5-election-rem/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks
review_date: 2020-11-06T04:02:08Z
textual_rating: Partly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Philadelphia, observers are kept far away, very far away. So far that people are using binoculars. There's been tremendous problems caused, paper on all of the windows so you can't see in, and the people that are banned are very unhappy and have become somewhat violent."


text: A study from the CDC and the WHO “proves face masks do not prevent the spread of a virus.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, a CDC-WHO study does not prove that masks do not prevent spread of COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/facebook-posts/no-cdc-who-study-does-not-prove-masks-do-not-preve/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: DeSantis leaves out context in claim about meth and the southern border
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/21/ron-desantis/desantis-leaves-out-context-claim-about-meth-and-s/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-09-20T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-10-12T20:13:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/11/scott-walker/mixed-evidence-scott-walker-claim-rival-tony-evers/

title:
Evidence mixed on Scott Walker claim that rival Tony Evers will raise property, income and gas taxes


text: "Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."
claimant: Diamond and Silk
claim_date: 2018-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Obama secretly granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuclear agreement
review_date: 2018-07-05T19:46:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/05/diamond-and-silk/no-evidence-obama-secretly-granted-citizenship-250/


text: There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations.
claimant: Scott Jones
claim_date: 2018-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Protesters for hire? Sacramento Sheriff provides no evidence for inflammatory claim
review_date: 2018-04-11T01:34:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/10/scott-jones/protesters-hire-sacramento-sheriff-provides-no-evi/


claimant: Dane Eagle
claim_date: 2020-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Florida congressional candidate blames antifa for violence without evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Antifa “are killing our police. Looting our businesses. Assaulting the elderly and burning our churches.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/26/dane-eagle/florida-congressional-candidate-blames-antifa-viol/


claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/14/michael-flynns-unmasking-what-you-need-know/
title: Michael Flynn’s unmasking: What you need to know
review_date: 2020-05-14T22:14:26Z
textual_rating: Biden, others are named
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden "and more than a dozen Obama administration officials requested and received the power to unmask Flynn.’"


text: Says 74% of people in Texas are "crammed into 4% of the land."
claimant: Bennett Sandlin
claim_date: 2019-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: About 74% of Texans live in just 4% of the state's land
review_date: 2019-04-26T18:42:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/26/bennett-sandlin/its-true-74-percent-texans-live-4-percent-states-l/


text: Says Joe Biden called ANTIFA “courageous Americans.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden didn’t single out antifa as ‘courageous’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/16/facebook-posts/no-joe-biden-didnt-single-out-antifa-courageous/


text: A patch on law enforcement officers in Portland is for “ZTI solutions, a PRIVATE contractor.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, officers in Portland are not from a private contractor called ZTI
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/30/facebook-posts/no-these-officers-portland-are-not-private-contrac/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2019-06-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/27/fact-checking-democratic-debate-miami-night-1/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami, night 1
review_date: 2019-06-27T04:15:03Z
textual_rating: Only true for men
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have a nation that has more African Americans under criminal supervision than all the slaves in 1850."


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2016-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich: Hillary Clinton broke law with foreign Clinton Foundation donations
review_date: 2016-11-06T22:28:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/06/newt-gingrich/gingrich-hillary-clinton-broke-law-foreign-clinton/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson is wrong: Diversity makes the Biden administration more representative, not less
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/17/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-wrong-diversity-makes-biden-adminis/


text: “90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”
claimant: Steve Kerr
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Polls consistently show high support for gun background checks
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/25/steve-kerr/polls-consistently-show-high-support-gun-backgroun/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump and the number of manufacturing jobs Pennsylvania has lost
review_date: 2016-04-22T16:30:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001," and "Harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/22/donald-trump/donald-trump-and-number-manufacturing-jobs-pennsyl/


text: "Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says Dodd-Frank is destroying community banks
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:33:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/nov/21/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-dodd-frank-destroying-community/


claimant: John Bel Edwards
claim_date: 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Louisiana governor is right, there was no suggestion Mardi Gras had to be canceled
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/08/john-bel-edwards/louisiana-governor-right-there-was-no-suggestion-m/


claimant: Jack Posobiec
claim_date: 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Viral tweet distorts Ketanji Brown Jackson’s answer on report about child porn sentencing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Ketanji Brown Jackson “says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences (because) it’s different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn. This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/25/jack-posopiec/viral-tweet-distorts-ketanji-brown-jacksons-answer/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence says 'no effort' made against visa overstays
review_date: 2016-09-12T20:58:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
For immigrants with visa overstays, "we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/12/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-theres-no-effort-against-visa-over/


text: “Michigan prosecutor looks to release 90 convicted murderers serving life sentences.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Prosecutor releasing 90 murderers in Michigan? That's misleading
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/18/facebook-posts/prosecutor-looks-release-90-murderers-michigan-s-m/


claimant: John Garamendi
claim_date: 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Prior to Benghazi, were there 13 attacks on embassies and 60 deaths under President George W. Bush?
review_date: 2017-04-11T15:08:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/may/12/john-garamendi/prior-benghazi-were-there-13-attacks-embassies-and/


claimant: Agency for Health Care Administration
claim_date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Florida agency oversells Gov. Rick Scott's role in reducing number of uninsured children
review_date: 2017-11-02T16:14:19Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under Gov. (Rick) Scott’s leadership, Florida has had much success in lowering the rate of uninsured children."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/02/florida-agency-health-care-administration/ahca-oversells-gov-scotts-role-reducing-number-uni/


text: Says Joe Biden’s inauguration was fake and he is not the legitimate president.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Biden’s inauguration was legitimate. No, this isn’t a movie
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/29/facebook-posts/yes-bidens-inauguration-was-legitimate-no-isnt-mov/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/21/fact-checking-fifth-democratic-presidential-debate/
title: Fact-checking the fifth Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta
review_date: 2019-11-21T06:01:41Z
textual_rating: Bill was not a "game-changer"
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"While I was passing the first climate change bill that PolitiFact said was a game-changer, … my friend (Steyer) was introducing more coal mines and produced more coal around the world, according to the press, than all of Great Britain produces."


text: Says Susan Collins “pushed for policies that benefited her husband’s lobbying business.”
claimant: Sara Gideon
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Maine Sen. Susan Collins acted to help her husband’s firm falls short
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/05/sara-gideon/claim-maine-sen-susan-collins-acted-help-her-husba/


text: Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: A mostly on target claim: 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks
review_date: 2018-03-02T15:20:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/02/tammy-baldwin/mostly-target-claim-97-percent-gun-owners-support-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Trump goes a bit overboard with icebreaker claim
review_date: 2017-05-24T14:08:50Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’m proud to say that under my administration, as you just heard, we will be building the first new heavy icebreakers the United States has seen in over 40 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/24/donald-trump/trump-goes-bit-overboard-icebreaker-claim/


text: The media called the 2016 election for Hillary Clinton.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, the media didn’t call the 2016 election for Clinton
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/11/facebook-posts/no-media-didnt-call-2016-election-clinton/


text: "300,000 Floridians have lost their health insurance" as a result of Obamacare.
claimant: Americans for Prosperity
claim_date: 2016-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Ad hitting Patrick Murphy revives zombie statistic of 300,000 losing plans due to Obamacare
review_date: 2016-09-19T15:41:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/19/americans-prosperity/ad-hitting-patrick-murphy-revives-zombie-statistic/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Tulsi Gabbard is in a picture with leader of Antifa, Occupy ICE is mostly wrong
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Antifa Fascist Fangirl Tulsi Gabbard posing with Evan Duke, leader of Portland Antifa and Occupy ICE."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/30/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claim-tulsi-gabbard-picture-antifa-l/


text: “The Post Office advises never send cash in the mail. It’s not secure. Vote by mail?”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Postal Service doesn’t say to never mail cash but other options are preferable
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/21/facebook-posts/postal-service-doesnt-say-never-mail-cash-other-op/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump: Clinton's celebrity backers 'aren't very hot anymore'
review_date: 2016-08-25T23:21:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Hollywood celebrities endorsing Hillary Clinton are "in many cases celebrities that aren’t very hot anymore."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/25/donald-trump/donald-trump-clintons-celebrity-backers-arent-very/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Two mail-in ballots sent to one person doesn’t mean they can vote twice
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Two mail in ballots in PA (were) sent to the same person with their names on both a week and a half apart.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/two-mail-ballots-sent-one-person-doesnt-mean-they-/


text: Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”
claimant: Nancy Mace
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris is open to letting Boston bomber vote, but didn’t advocate for it
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/nancy-mace/kamala-harris-open-letting-boston-bomber-vote-didn/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy theory falsely connects George Soros to COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"George Soros owns the WuXi PHARMA LAB located in Wuhan, China where COVID-19 was developed and conveniently Broke Out."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/19/facebook-posts/conspiracy-theory-falsely-connects-george-soros-co/


claimant: Mark Harris
claim_date: 2018-09-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/02/mark-harris-nc/powered-pelosi/
title: Is North Carolina's Dan McCready powered by Nancy Pelosi?
review_date: 2018-10-02T17:22:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Democratic North Carolina House candidate Dan McCready "took money from the Pelosi crowd," is "with them" in their agenda and "wants to repeal your tax cut."


claimant: George Takei
claim_date: 2017-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: George Takei says White House removed pages about climate change, civil rights from website
review_date: 2017-01-23T22:56:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/23/george-takei/george-takei-says-white-house-removed-pages-about-/


claimant: Committee of Austin's Children PAC
claim_date: 2017-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about proposed Austin school bonds is silent on increased dollar costs to property taxpayers
review_date: 2017-10-12T18:39:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a proposed $1.05 billion Austin school district bond proposition "will require no tax rate increase."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/12/committee-austins-children-pac/claim-about-proposed-austin-school-bonds-silent-in/


text: "Hillary Clinton says she wants to, ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’ "
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly says Hillary Clinton wants to raise taxes on the middle class
review_date: 2017-04-11T20:24:08Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-says-hillary-clinton-wants-ra/


text: Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”
claimant: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Does Rick Scott want to ‘end’ Social Security? Florida Dem Mucarsel-Powell overstates old plan
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/05/debbie-mucarsel-powell/does-rick-scott-want-to-end-social-security-fl-dem/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, 50 politicians weren’t taken to a bunker
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“50 U.S. politicians who received satellite phones were taken to an undisclosed government bunker facility to ensure a Continuation of Government.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/26/facebook-posts/no-50-politicians-werent-taken-to-a-bunker/


text: “The unvaccinated have escaped every single strain or 'variant’” of SARS-CoV-2.
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2021-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Unvaccinated people haven’t ‘escaped’ COVID-19 variants
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/22/facebook-posts/unvaccinated-people-havent-escaped-covid-19-varian/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2021-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Police misconduct settlements can shift city budgets
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/tim-kaine/police-misconduct-settlements-can-shift-city-budge/


text: “U.S. military arrests Dr. Deborah Birx.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: The military didn’t arrest Deborah Birx in spite of social media posts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/02/viral-image/military-didnt-arrest-deborah-birx-spite-social-me/


text: President Joe Biden was “shot” in a “behind-the-scenes execution.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: President Joe Biden is alive and traveling; he wasn’t executed
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/facebook-posts/president-joe-biden-is-alive-and-traveling-he-wasn/


claimant: Ivanka Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Ivanka Trump mostly accurate that disposable income has risen by $5,205
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/22/ivanka-trump/ivanka-trump-mostly-accurate-disposable-income-has/


text: “Pfizer CEO has not yet had vaccine.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Pfizer’s CEO was vaccinated against COVID-19 in March, despite posts that say otherwise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/24/instagram-posts/pfizers-ceo-was-vaccinated-against-covid-19-march/


text: "If you became a Medicaid recipient through the Obamacare expansion, you are grandfathered in."
claimant: Kellyanne Conway
claim_date: 2017-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does GOP health care include grandfather clause for Medicaid expansion?
review_date: 2017-06-25T21:22:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/25/kellyanne-conway/house-health-care-bill-allows-some-stay-medicaid-n/


text: A common cold can cause a positive COVID-19 test.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, the common cold won’t cause a false positive COVID-19 test
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/viral-image/common-cold-wont-cause-false-positive-covid-19-tes/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Nancy Pelosi’s claim of high public support for 'Dreamers'
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/26/nancy-pelosi/fact-checking-nancy-pelosis-claim-high-public-supp/


text: “We now do have evidence” that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump now being used in terrorist propaganda videos, Hillary Clinton says
review_date: 2016-05-20T20:19:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/20/hillary-clinton/donald-trump-now-being-used-terrorist-propaganda-v/


text: “Robot attacks factory worker” in video.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Are we seeing a machine uprising? No. Video’s robot attack is an animation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/09/viral-image/are-we-seeing-a-machine-uprising-no-videos-robot-a/


claimant: William Barr
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/29/fact-checking-william-barrs-house-judiciary-hearin/
title: Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On federal police action against protesters on Lafayette Square: "It's my understanding that no tear gas was used on Monday, June 1."


text: "As an undocumented immigrant, you do have constitutional rights here in the United States."
claimant: Florida Immigrant Coalition
claim_date: 2017-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Do undocumented immigrants have constitutional rights?
review_date: 2017-03-29T19:28:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/29/florida-immigrant-coalition/do-undocumented-immigrants-have-constitutional-rig/


claimant: Lois Kolkhorst
claim_date: 2017-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Lois Kolkhorst says Texas bathroom proposal 'very different' from North Carolina's law
review_date: 2017-03-02T20:18:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/02/lois-kolkhorst/lois-kolkhorst-says-texas-bathroom-proposal-very-d/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump: One-third of counties have only one insurer on Affordable Care Act exchanges
review_date: 2017-03-13T21:37:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One-third of the counties — think of it, one-third — only have one insurer left" on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-one-third-counties-have-only-one-insu/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for Trump's claim that Pelosi, Schiff promised to impeach him before he took office
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and the rest of the corrupt Democrats made a promise to their crazy left-wing base that they would impeach me even BEFORE I took office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/19/donald-trump/no-evidence-trumps-claim-pelosi-schiff-promised-im/


claimant: Chris Salcedo
claim_date: 2019-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: What religious exemptions exist for justices of the peace in Texas?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/17/chris-salcedo/what-religious-exemptions-exist-justices-peace-tex/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s State of the Union claim on scale of job gains in 2021
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/02/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-scale-job-gains-2021/


claimant: Carl Heastie
claim_date: 2018-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Heastie says legislators' compensation hasn't kept pace
review_date: 2018-12-15T14:20:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under any objective measure, our static compensation has failed to keep pace with economic realities."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/14/carl-heastie/heastie-says-legislators-compensation-hasnt-kept-p/


claimant: Ken Cuccinelli
claim_date: 2019-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: The Trump administration is using DNA tests to crack down on “fake families” at the border
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/26/ken-cuccinelli/trump-administration-using-dna-tests-crack-down-fa/


claimant: Kelda Helen Roys
claim_date: 2018-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Did Wisconsin's schools chief receive the largest charter school grant in the country?
review_date: 2018-07-09T20:40:57Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are a lot of private charters. And in fact, (Tony Evers) sought and received the largest charter school grant in the country from the Trump-DeVos administration to start new charter schools in Wisconsin."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/03/kelda-helen-roys/did-wisconsins-schools-chief-receive-largest-chart/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says that Hillary Clinton opposed driver's licenses for illegal immigrants
review_date: 2016-05-11T18:13:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to "provide driver’s licenses to those who are undocumented. (Hillary Clinton) said don’t do it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/10/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-hillary-clinton-opposed-driver/


text: Delayed election results are proof of fraud.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Election result delays are not proof of fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/instagram-posts/election-result-delays-are-not-proof-fraud/


text: "The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial
claimant: Charles Schumer
claim_date: 2020-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Schumer accurately says public supports calling witnesses in Senate impeachment trial
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/charles-schumer/schumer-accurately-says-public-supports-calling-wi/


text: "How to Survive The Coming Ice Age" was a Time magazine cover story in 1977.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Time magazine cover didn’t tell readers “how to survive the coming Ice Age”
review_date: 2019-05-23T18:37:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/viral-image/no-time-magazine-cover-didnt-tell-readers-how-surv/


text: "It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child."
claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2018-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Texas law bars adults from leaving loaded guns accessible to children younger than 17
review_date: 2018-05-30T20:33:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/30/dan-patrick/texas-law-bars-adults-leaving-loaded-guns-accessib/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Trump retweets Benghazi conspiracy theory that falsely claims Biden, Obama killed Navy SEALs
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/14/tweets/trump-retweets-benghazi-conspiracy-theory-falsely-/


text: CNN reported Donald Trump died on Nov. 1.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump isn’t dead, and CNN didn’t say he was
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/03/viral-image/no-donald-trump-isnt-dead-and-cnn-didnt-say-he-was/


text: Photos of an apartment building in Kyiv are evidence the war in Ukraine “is fake.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: The war in Ukraine isn’t ‘fake,’ and these photos don’t prove that it is
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/27/viral-image/the-war-in-ukraine-isnt-fake-and-these-photos-dont/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccines not a threat to children of vaccinated women, experts say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Women vaccinated against COVID-19 face "unknown side effects that could perpetually go down through the lineage" to their children.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/29/instagram-posts/covid-19-vaccines-not-a-threat-to-children-of-vacc/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/06/day-crisis-us-capitol-fact-checked/
title: A day of crisis at the US Capitol, fact-checked
review_date: 2021-01-07T00:23:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the state and recertify, and we become president."


text: Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country.
claimant: Edward Flynn
claim_date: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Do Milwaukee police use deadly force at one of the lowest rates in the country?
review_date: 2016-08-21T19:27:11Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/19/edward-flynn/milwaukee-police-rarely-use-deadly-force/


text: San Diego’s border barrier "almost completely ended illegal crossings."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: There are holes in President Trump’s claim about the San Diego border wall
review_date: 2019-02-07T20:04:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/07/donald-trump/there-are-holes-president-trumps-claim-about-san-d/


text: "More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says Obama put more people on food stamps than any other U.S. President
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:18:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/17/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-more-people-have-been-put-food-/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2019-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton way off, again, on Wisconsin voter ID
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Between 27,000 and 200,000 Wisconsinites were "turned away" from the polls in 2016 due to lack of proper identification.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/19/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-wrong-again-wisconsin-voter-id/


text: "Hillary Clinton leaves the country as Mueller indictment is announced."
claimant: FreedomJunkshun.com
claim_date: 2017-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news site claims Hillary Clinton flies to Ukraine ahead of indictments
review_date: 2017-10-31T20:01:21Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/31/freedomjunkshuncom/fake-news-site-claims-hillary-clinton-flies-ukrain/


text: "The University of Wisconsin System budget is the biggest it has ever been."
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Walker, who cut funds to Wisconsin university system, says system has its largest budget ever
review_date: 2016-05-25T15:50:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/25/scott-walker/scott-walker-who-cut-funds-wisconsin-university-sy/


text: "Toomey and Trump will ban abortion and punish women who have them."
claimant: NARAL Pro-Choice American
claim_date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ad’s unsubstantiated claim on Pat Toomey, Trump and abortion
review_date: 2016-10-06T12:52:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/06/naral-pro-choice/attack-ads-unsubstantiated-claim-pat-toomey-trump-/


text: The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump said the UK is America’s largest trading partner. It ranks 5th
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-said-uk-americas-largest-trading-part/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2017-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Checking Gov. Walker's claim that state DOT is ahead of the game
review_date: 2018-01-26T17:09:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Road projects across the state are staying on track or getting done sooner thanks to the good work of the team at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/26/scott-walker/checking-gov-walkers-claim-state-dot-ahead-game/


text: Says that Elissa Slotkin’s plan is to take Medicare away from current senior recipients
claimant: Mike Bishop
claim_date: 2018-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Elissa Slotkin does not support a plan that would take Medicare away from seniors
review_date: 2018-09-26T17:03:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/26/mike-bishop/no-elissa-slotkin-does-not-support-plan-would-take/


claimant: Rob Wittman
claim_date: 2016-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Rob Wittman wrongly says each military dog saves 150 to 200 lives
review_date: 2016-06-16T19:33:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“On average, each U.S. military working dog saves the lives of between 150 and 200 servicemen and women over the span of his career.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/14/rob-wittman/rob-wittman-erroneously-says-each-military-dog-sav/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-10-05T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-10-17T15:50:08Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump’s plan to repeal the estate tax would mean the Walmart Walton family would "get a $53 billion tax break."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/17/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-donald-trump-plan-end-estate-t/

title:
Bernie Sanders says Donald Trump plan to end estate tax would give $53 billion break to Walton heirs


text: "The Legislative Ethics Commission continues to function."
claimant: Michael Madigan
claim_date: 2017-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Madigan’s ethics panel (mal)function
review_date: 2017-11-09T17:33:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/09/michael-madigan/madigans-ethics-panel-malfunction/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden says Trump admin isn’t doing enough to protect workers from COVID-19
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/22/joe-biden/biden-says-trump-agency-isnt-doing-enough-protect-/


text: "Austin is the safest big city in Texas."
claimant: Steve Adler
claim_date: 2017-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Steve Adler calls Austin safest big city in Texas
review_date: 2017-08-24T18:36:31Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/24/steve-adler/steve-adler-calls-austin-safest-big-city-Texas-cri/


text: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”
claimant: Fox News Channel
claim_date: 2021-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fauci didn’t doubt vaccine study; he cautioned against using it for choosing a booster
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/18/fox-news-channel/fauci-didnt-doubt-vaccine-study-he-cautioned-using/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/21/fact-checking-trump-phony-emoluments-adam-schiff-a/
title: Fact-checking Trump on ‘phony’ emoluments, Adam Schiff and Miami airport
review_date: 2019-10-21T22:03:49Z
textual_rating: Not the official statistic
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The household median income for eight years of President Bush, it rose $400. For eight years of President Obama, it rose $975. And for two and a half years President Trump … it rose $5,000."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden about job gains on his watch
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/22/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-about-job-gains-his-watch/


text: During the pandemic, “I’ve been in D.C. voting regularly.”
claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2021-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Pocan has voted from D.C. regularly since getting vaccinated. Before that, he employed proxy system
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/15/mark-pocan/pocan-has-voted-dc-regularly-getting-vaccinated-he/


claimant: David Price
claim_date: 2017-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Price is right: North Carolina would have nation's second-highest costs if AHCA replaces Obamacare
review_date: 2017-03-24T18:43:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Under the Republican health care repeal proposal North Carolina faces the 2nd highest premium increase in the nation. North Carolina residents will face an average cost increase of over $7,500.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/24/david-price/price-right-north-carolina-would-have-nations-seco/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/20/joe-bidens-inauguration-extraordinary-times-fact-c/
title: Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked
review_date: 2021-01-20T21:41:20Z
textual_rating: Correct.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"108 years ago, at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote."


text: “U.S. Census Bureau confirms huge conflict in total number of voters in 2020 election.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Census Bureau didn’t confirm a problem with the 2020 election results
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/12/facebook-posts/no-census-bureau-didnt-confirm-problem-2020-electi/


claimant: Kathy Hochul
claim_date: 2022-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: State to pay for newest farmworker overtime costs, for now
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/05/kathy-hochul/state-pays-newest-overtime-costs-now/


text: "Fox Sports cancels all NFL broadcasts ‘until players respect the flag.’ "
claimant: TheLastLineOfDefense.org
claim_date: 2017-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fox still broadcast NFL games after protests, despite fake news claims
review_date: 2017-09-25T19:40:48Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/25/thelastlineofdefenseorg/fox-still-broadcast-nfl-games-after-protests-despi/


text: Says Wisconsin Republicans “pushed for long lines and polls open for one day only.”
claimant: Democratic Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Dems ignore key details in saying GOP pushed for longer lines and limited voting time
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/17/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/wisconsin-dems-ignore-key-details-saying-gop-pushe/


text: Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Herd immunity curbed COVID deaths? No
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/21/facebook-posts/herd-immunity-curbed-covid-deaths-no/


claimant: Jim Ott
claim_date: 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: State Rep. Jim Ott misfires on early voting claim
review_date: 2019-01-17T22:30:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/15/jim-ott/state-rep-jim-ott-misfires-early-voting-claim/


text: Backyard chicken flocks have stopped laying eggs, and the feed is responsible.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Is chicken feed being sabotaged in an elaborate plot? No, these claims are unfounded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/07/facebook-posts/chicken-feed-being-sabotaged-elaborate-plot-no-the/


claimant: Jerry Brown
claim_date: 2018-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Jerry Brown says there’s “no massive wave of migrants pouring into California.” Is he right?
review_date: 2018-04-13T20:47:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/13/jerry-brown/jerry-brown-says-theres-no-massive-wave-migrants-p/


text: Jill Biden was a teenage babysitter for Joe Biden’s family.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Jill Biden wasn’t a teenage babysitter for Joe Biden’s family
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/22/viral-image/no-jill-biden-wasnt-teenage-babysitter-joe-bidens-/


text: "Trump Won Two-Thirds of Election Lawsuits Where Merits Considered"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump did not win two-thirds of election lawsuits ‘where merits considered’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/09/blog-posting/trump-did-not-win-two-thirds-election-lawsuits-whe/


text: Chinese lunar rover finds no evidence of American moon landings.
claimant: Anti News Network
claim_date: 2017-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: It's fake news that the United States didn't land on the moon
review_date: 2017-06-22T14:41:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/22/antinews/its-fake-news-chinese-lunar-rover-found-no-evidenc/


text: Gabby Petito’s last text to her mother included an acronym for “Send The Authorities Now.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Gabby Petito texted 'send the authorities now' before her death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/14/facebook-posts/no-evidence-gabby-petito-before-she-died-told-her/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders has a point: Water in Flint much more expensive than in Burlington
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:29:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"(Flint, Mich., is) paying three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vt., for clean water."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/07/bernie-sanders/flint-residents-dont-pay-3-times-much-burlington-r/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump has no 'fiduciary responsibility' on his personal tax returns, experts say
review_date: 2016-10-10T06:15:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he has "a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-has-no-fiduciary-responsibility-his-p/


claimant: Danielle Pletka
claim_date: 2018-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Recent cold spells irrelevant to climate change big picture
review_date: 2018-11-29T16:35:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/28/danielle-pletka/recent-cold-spells-irrelevant-climate-change-big-p/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/22/were-oregon-voters-mailed-wrong-ballots-primary-el/
title: Were Oregon voters mailed the ‘wrong’ ballots for the primary election?
textual_rating: Partly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Huge Scandal: Oregon Changes Hundreds Of Republican Ballots To "Non Partisan" Denying GOP Voters the Right To Participate In Primary."


text: A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows a 2021 pileup in Fort Worth, Texas, not a crash in Eminence, Indiana
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/03/facebook-posts/photo-shows-2021-pileup-fort-worth-texas-not-crash/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Marine Corps didn’t rebuff Pelosi’s request for inauguration security
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gen. David H. Berger, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps., refused Nancy Pelosi’s request to use the Marines for inauguration security, telling her “we don’t work for you.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/17/blog-posting/no-marine-corps-didnt-rebuff-pelosis-request-inaug/


text: Marjorie Taylor Greene quoted Adolf Hitler on Christianity.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Marjorie Taylor Greene repeated Hitler quote about Christianity
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/08/viral-image/no-marjorie-taylor-greene-didnt-repeat-hitler-quot/


text: “So corrupt, Willis got caught hiding a relationship with a gang member she was prosecuting.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Trump campaign ad makes false claims against Atlanta DA
review_date: 2023-08-16T12:28:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/16/trump-campaign-ad-makes-false-misleading-claims-aganst-atlanta-da/


claimant: Club for Growth
claim_date: 2018-03-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/14/club-growth/beto-orourke-arrested-dwi-flee-scene/
title: Did Beto O'Rourke cause a crash while driving drunk?
review_date: 2019-03-14T15:06:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, bricks in Denver aren’t being staged for riots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Stacks of bricks are showing up in Denver because “the Evil Left is getting ready to destroy downtown.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/viral-image/no-bricks-denver-arent-being-staged-riots/


text: "Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."
claimant: Gary Johnson
claim_date: 2016-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Do 6 of 10 Americans back legalizing marijuana, as presidential candidate Gary Johnson says?
review_date: 2016-09-26T18:38:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/23/gary-johnson/do-6-10-americans-back-legalizing-marijuana-presid/


text: Thousands of cattle that recently died in Kansas weren’t killed by the heat.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Extreme heat killed cattle, not chemtrails or a food shortage scheme
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/facebook-posts/extreme-heat-killed-cattle-not-chemtrails-or-food-/


text: Video “proves 100% that President Joe Biden is not a ‘human’ being.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t prove Biden isn’t human
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/22/viral-image/no-video-doesnt-prove-biden-isnt-human/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Bidens didn’t invest their family fortune in Ukranian oil and gas
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Biden invested the entire family fortune in Ukraine gas and oil. Then shuts down Keystone pipeline. Starting to get the picture.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/28/facebook-posts/no-bidens-didnt-invest-their-family-fortune-ukrani/


text: Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country."
claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2016-08-15T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-09-08T15:34:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/31/gwen-moore/does-milwaukee-scene-unrest-after-fatal-police-sho/

title:
Does Milwaukee, scene of unrest after fatal police shooting, have top black male incarceration rate?


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz said GOP tax cut led to higher revenues. Did it?
review_date: 2018-10-19T16:22:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
With the Republican-backed tax cut, "we’re seeing the result, and to date, federal tax revenues have gone up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/18/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-said-gop-tax-cut-led-higher-revenues-did-/


claimant: Dinesh D'Souza
claim_date: 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Local, national interviews show Kamala Harris has taken questions from media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris “has not formally taken questions from the press a single time” since she was announced as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/25/dinesh-dsouza/local-national-interviews-show-kamala-harris-has-t/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-12-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/dec/11/fact-checking-trump-pelosi-and-schumers-public-whi/
title: Fact-checking Trump, Pelosi and Schumer’s White House fight over the border wall, shutdown
review_date: 2018-12-11T22:01:55Z
textual_rating: Not at the border
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We caught 10 terrorists over the last very short period of time. 10. These are very serious people."


text: “Biden points and waves to nobody again.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Video of Biden’s NATO summit speech misleadingly edited to supposedly show him waving at nobody
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/14/instagram-posts/video-of-bidens-nato-summit-speech-misleadingly-ed/


text: Israel is banning Christianity.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Is Israel banning Christianity? No, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to block bill
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/27/facebook-posts/is-israel-banning-christianity-no-prime-minister-b/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Photo blaming environmentalists for trashing a park on Earth Day is really from a football tailgate
review_date: 2019-05-21T16:37:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photo of a park covered in trash was left behind by "environmentalists" after an Earth Day celebration in California.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/21/viral-image/photo-blaming-environmentalists-trashing-park-eart/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s dubious claim that 'thousands' are conspiring on mail-ballot fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/donald-trump/donald-trumps-dubious-claim-thousands-are-conspiri/


claimant: Robby Mook
claim_date: 2016-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton gets 0.2 percent of campaign donations from oil, gas employees, Robby Mook says
review_date: 2016-04-22T17:59:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/22/robby-mook/hillary-clinton-gets-02-percent-campaign-donations/


text: "If you care about the environment, we've got record funding."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2015-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott says we have 'record funding' for the environment in Florida
review_date: 2016-05-11T18:29:35Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jun/08/rick-scott/rick-scott-says-we-have-record-funding-environment/


claimant: Roland Martin
claim_date: 2019-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Have Trump judicial nominees refused to say Brown vs. Board was properly decided?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/25/roland-martin/have-trump-judicial-nominees-refused-comment-brown/


text: West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."
claimant: Evan Jenkins
claim_date: 2018-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Does West Virginia lead the nation in overdose drug death rate? Yes
review_date: 2018-03-23T16:03:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/23/evan-jenkins/does-west-virginia-lead-nation-overdose-drug-death/


claimant: Freedom Partners Action Fund
claim_date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-05-11T15:46:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/11/freedom-partners-action-fund/attack-ad-says-ex-us-sen-russ-feingold-got-2009-me/

title:
Koch-funded Super PAC attack says Russ Feingold got 2009 memo about harm to veterans and did nothing


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows bubble tea, not sheep feces
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photos show “sheep feces” that are “now in high demand in China because of their richness in protein.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/19/instagram-posts/photo-shows-bubble-tea-not-sheep-feces/


claimant: Jen Psaki
claim_date: 2022-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Data show the unvaccinated are 20 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/12/jen-psaki/data-suggests-unvaccinated-are-20-times-more-likel/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump’s sister didn’t tweet her support for the president
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump’s sister tweeted, “My brother Don won this election and will fight this to the very end.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/24/viral-image/no-trumps-sister-didnt-tweet-her-support-president/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Black Lives Matter wasn’t charged with fraudulently spending donation money
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Black Lives Matter of Atlanta Charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Allegedly Using almost 500k in Donations For Personal Use.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/tweets/no-black-lives-matter-wasnt-charged-fraudulently-s/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, border guards didn’t seize guns and ammunition from Muslim immigrants
review_date: 2019-04-25T15:15:14Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Border guards found 52 tons of guns and ammunition in 14 Conex containers disguised as furniture. This ‘furniture’ is from Muslim immigrants who have come to America"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/25/viral-image/no-border-guards-didnt-seize-guns-and-ammunition-m/


text: "Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law."
claimant: Jan Brewer
claim_date: 2016-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer claims state’s immigration law 'mirrors' federal law
review_date: 2016-04-13T17:33:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/13/jan-brewer/former-arizona-gov-jan-brewer-claims-states-immigr/


text: Says Donald Trump said he believes suicide bombers deserve the death penalty.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump did not say that suicide bombers deserve the death penalty
review_date: 2019-05-30T17:40:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/30/facebook-posts/no-trump-did-not-say-suicide-bombers-deserve-death/


text: Sen. Raphael Warnock "voted with Biden to slash Medicare spending.”
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2022-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic bill didn’t 'slash' Medicare spending. It would get the same drugs, cheaper
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/29/national-republican-senatorial-committee/democratic-bill-didnt-slash-medicare-spending-it-w/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2019-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Beto O'Rourke on murders in El Paso after mass shooting
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 (murders per year). We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/05/beto-orourke/fact-checking-beto-orourke-murders-el-paso-after-m/


text: Nancy Pelosi was arrested after ripping a copy of the State of the Union speech.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi wasn’t arrested after ripping a copy of the State of the Union speech
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/facebook-posts/no-nancy-pelosi-wasnt-arrested-after-ripping-copy-/


text: “Federal law requires people to speak English to be naturalized as American citizens.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Foreign nationals pass English test to gain American citizenship
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/19/facebook-posts/foreign-nationals-pass-english-test-gain-american-/


text: Donald Trump’s letter to Joe Biden said, “You know I won.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: We don’t know what Trump’s letter to Biden says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/20/blog-posting/we-dont-know-what-trumps-letter-biden-says/


text: Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold "voted over 250 times to raise taxes."
claimant: Americans for Prosperity
claim_date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Americans for Prosperity falsely claims 250 tax increases from Russ Feingold
review_date: 2016-10-27T17:49:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/27/americans-prosperity/americans-prosperity-falsely-claims-250-tax-increa/


claimant: Carl Bildt
claim_date: 2017-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Swedish response to Donald Trump campaign cry
review_date: 2017-02-22T22:02:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
There were "50 percent more murders" in Orlando and Orange County, Fla., last year "than in all of Sweden."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/22/carl-bildt/former-swedish-pm-says-more-murders-florida-where-/


text: "Maricopa County official purged machine records before audit started."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for claim that Maricopa County ‘purged machine records before audit’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/28/instagram-posts/no-evidence-claim-maricopa-county-purged-machine-r/


text: "I'm in prison for practicing politics."
claimant: Rod Blagojevich
claim_date: 2018-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Blago op-ed falsely claims he is in prison for ‘practicing politics'
review_date: 2018-05-29T22:48:04Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/29/rod-blagojevich/blago-op-ed-falsely-claims-he-prison-practicing-po/


claimant: Rick Perry
claim_date: 2017-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Perry wrongly downplays human role in climate change
review_date: 2017-06-22T20:40:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/22/rick-perry/rick-perry-wrongly-downplays-human-role-climate-ch/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Is African-American, Hispanic poverty at all-time low?
review_date: 2018-10-24T15:28:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/donald-trump/african-american-hispanic-poverty-all-time-low/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2020-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Is the government 'sneakily' trying to change encryption rules?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/instagram-posts/government-sneakily-trying-change-encryption-rules/


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2022-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump is not representing himself in case against the US government
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Image shows Trump is representing himself in a lawsuit against the United States government related to the FBI search of his Florida home.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/25/tweets/no-trump-not-representing-himself-case-against-us-/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, typing the abbreviation ‘BFF’ will not let you know if your Facebook account is secure
review_date: 2019-06-18T21:38:28Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mark Zuckerberg invented the word "BFF," and if it doesn’t appear green after you type it in a Facebook comment, your account has been hacked.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/18/facebook-posts/no-typing-abbreviation-bff-will-not-let-you-know-w/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/26/will-border-wall-stop-drugs-coming-united-states/
title: Will a border wall stop drugs from coming into the United States?
review_date: 2017-10-26T18:44:25Z
textual_rating: Experts question wall impact
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Don't let the fake media tell you that I have changed my position on the WALL. It will get built and help stop drugs, human trafficking etc."


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccines did not cause a 366% increase in miscarriages, as article claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The number of pregnant women who have miscarried increased by “366% in just six weeks” as a result of their receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/02/blog-posting/covid-19-vaccines-did-not-cause-366-increase-misca/


text: “In Chicago, Covid-19 actually LOWERED the death rate.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, the coronavirus did not cause the death rate to drop in Chicago
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/facebook-posts/no-coronavirus-did-not-cause-death-rate-drop-chica/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Post about Keystone pipeline falsely claims Buffett gave $58M to Biden campaign
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline because Warren Buffett “donated $58 million” to his campaign.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/29/facebook-posts/post-about-keystone-pipeline-falsely-claims-buffet/


text: A banner for COVID-19 vaccines says, “Don’t forget to donate your childrens organs.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, this COVID-19 vaccine banner didn’t really encourage parents to donate their children’s organs
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/10/viral-image/no-covid-19-vaccine-banner-didnt-really-encourage-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Books removed from school because they were outdated, not contaminated by the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/16/viral-image/books-removed-school-because-they-were-outdated-no/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2017-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Viral 4/20 image blazes through a misleading claim about the drug war and police deaths
review_date: 2017-04-25T21:14:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/24/viral-image/viral-4-20-image-makes-misleading-claim-about-drug/


text: "Independent analysts say (Donald Trump) would add $30 trillion to the national debt."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says that, according to analysts, Donald Trump would increase debt by $30 trillion
review_date: 2016-07-13T19:29:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/13/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-according-analysts-donald-tru/


text: Hochul is an “interim Governor.”
claimant: Tom Suozzi
claim_date: 2022-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Suozzi is calling Hochul an ‘interim Governor.’ That’s wrong.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/10/tom-suozzi/suozzi-calling-hochul-interim-governor-s-misleadin/


text: "Nancy Pelosi suffers breakdown, taken from Capitol Hill on a stretcher."
claimant: FreedomCrossroads.us
claim_date: 2017-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news that Pelosi had a breakdown credited to a familiar troll
review_date: 2017-06-20T15:25:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/20/freedomcrossroadsus/fake-news-pelosi-had-breakdown-credited-familiar-t/


text: Says remdesivir is responsible for killing patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
claimant: Nicole Sirotek
claim_date: 2022-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, hospitalized COVID-19 patients weren’t killed by remdesivir
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/10/nicole-sirotek/no-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-werent-killed-re/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Gov. Scott Walker says state schools chief Tony Evers is ignoring his ability to take over schools
review_date: 2018-07-09T20:34:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/05/scott-walker/gov-scott-walker-says-state-schools-chief-tony-eve/


claimant: Leah Vukmir
claim_date: 2018-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire for attack that, without evidence, links U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin with 9/11 mastermind
review_date: 2018-05-18T14:27:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tammy Baldwin is "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting CIA director nominee Gina Haspel.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/18/leah-vukmir/pants-fire-attack-without-evidence-links-us-sen-ta/


text: Says Donald Trump "hasn’t broken his promise" to release his tax returns.
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Pence's False claim that Trump 'hasn't broken' tax return promise
review_date: 2016-10-05T21:35:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/mike-pence/pences-false-claim-trump-hasnt-broken-tax-return-p/


text: Says "5 out of 10" GOP candidates don’t live in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
claimant: Stony Rushing
claim_date: 2019-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Rushing is right: half of NC9 Republicans don't live in the district
review_date: 2019-04-25T21:26:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/25/stony-rushing/rushing-right-half-nc9-republicans-dont-live-distr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If you have “natural immunity,” getting vaccinated against COVID-19 “is more likely to harm you severely.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/07/facebook-posts/no-getting-covid-19-vaccine-after-youve-been-infec/

title:
No, getting the COVID-19 vaccine after you’ve been infected with the virus isn’t more likely to harm


text: Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2018-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did Patrick Morrisey make efforts to put educators in jail?
review_date: 2018-10-11T22:36:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/11/joe-manchin/did-patrick-morrisey-make-efforts-put-educators-ja/


claimant: Fiona Hill
claim_date: 2019-11-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/26/6-key-takeaways-public-impeachment-hearings/
title: 6 key takeaways from the public impeachment hearings against Donald Trump
review_date: 2019-11-26T16:31:50Z
textual_rating: Fiona Hill, others agree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The theory that Ukraine was behind 2016 election interference "is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves."


claimant: Chris Kapenga
claim_date: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, marijuana can increase the risk of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/chris-kapanga/yes-marijuana-can-increase-risk-schizophrenia-and-/


text: “The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2023-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence repeats false claim that Barack Obama started migrant family separations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/08/mike-pence/mike-pence-repeats-false-claim-that-barack-obama-s/


text: Dr. Anthony Fauci “admits that mask mandates were a broad spectrum failure.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fauci did not admit in New York Times interview that mask mandates were a failure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/26/instagram-posts/fauci-did-not-admit-mask-mandates-were-a-failure-i/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/aug/09/fact-checking-desantis-and-putnam-florida-republic/
title: Fact-checking DeSantis and Putnam in Florida Republican debate for governor
review_date: 2018-05-07T20:50:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Adam Putnam "opposed bringing troops, putting troops on our southern border using the National Guard."


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Did Adam Putnam oppose putting troops on the border using the National Guard?
review_date: 2018-05-07T20:50:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Adam Putnam "opposed bringing troops, putting troops on our southern border using the National Guard."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/07/ron-desantis/did-adam-putnam-oppose-putting-troops-border-using/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Has Donald Trump talked about using nukes against America's Western European allies?
review_date: 2016-08-12T14:15:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "has been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our Western European allies."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/12/hillary-clinton/has-donald-trump-talked-about-using-nukes-against-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/30/donald-trump-says-he-spent-lot-time-911-responders/
title: Donald Trump says he spent a lot time with 9/11 responders. Here are the facts
textual_rating: Support for claim unclear
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking about 9/11 in New York “I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder. But I was down there. I spent a lot of time down there with you."


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: Needs more context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I can promise you a few things. Number one, we will not be taking the word, God, out of the Pledge of Allegiance, okay, like they did a number of times at their caucuses. So they took the word God out. I heard it. I was listening and I said, ‘That’s strange.’ It’s sort of weird. You’ve heard it all your life, right? Under God, under God. All of a sudden, those two words are missing. I said, ‘Oh, he must’ve made a mistake.’"


text: “Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Germany hasn’t blocked all COVID-19 vaccines over safety concerns
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/09/blog-posting/no-germany-hasnt-blocked-all-covid-19-vaccines-ove/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post misleads about Bill Gates’ remark about injecting kids
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Bill Gates said, “We’re taking things that are genetically modified organisms, and we’re injecting them into little kids’ arms” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/31/facebook-posts/social-media-post-misleads-about-bill-gates-remark/


text: Wisconsin is "49th in the country in internet speed."
claimant: Mike McCabe
claim_date: 2018-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Mike McCabe says state's internet speed is almost dead last
review_date: 2018-06-20T14:05:48Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/20/mike-mccabe/wisconsin-gubernatorial-candidate-mike-mccabe-says/


text: "My numbers are better right now than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong about 1980 Ronald Reagan race against Jimmy Carter
review_date: 2016-04-14T18:22:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-about-1980-ronald-reagan-race-a/


text: Says "2,267 caravan invaders have tuberculosis, HIV, chickenpox and other health issues"
claimant: Puppet String News
claim_date: 2018-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading headline claims thousands of caravan migrants have HIV, tuberculosis, other diseases
review_date: 2018-12-04T21:50:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/04/puppetstringnewscom/misleading-headline-claims-thousands-caravan-migra/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, a church in upstate New York didn’t get a liquor license. The report is fake.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An image of a newspaper article says “True Bethel Baptist Church becomes the first church in NYS to receive a liquor license.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/28/instagram-posts/no-church-upstate-new-york-didnt-get-liquor-licens/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Churchill never equated diplomacy with telling people to ‘go to hell’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Winston Churchill as saying "Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/20/blog-posting/no-evidence-churchill-said-quote-about-diplomacy-b/


claimant: Adam Putnam
claim_date: 2017-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Putnam wrongly says it's unlawful for students to talk about tests with parents
review_date: 2017-09-07T14:24:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/07/adam-putnam/putnam-wrongly-says-its-against-law-students-talk-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says he didn't say Mexico would write US a check for border wall. But he did
review_date: 2019-01-10T22:54:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/10/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-never-meant-mexico-would-write-che/


text: “(Joe) Biden just gets up and leaves during a live TV interview.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Joe Biden leaving midinterview with MSNBC
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/25/facebook-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-joe-biden-leaving-midint/


text: “For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on wage gains outpacing inflation for several months running
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/14/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-wage-gains-outpacing-infla/


text: "China has been stealing our manufacturing, costing Wisconsin almost 90,000 jobs."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Not all Wisconsin manufacturing job loss can be blamed on China
review_date: 2020-07-11T16:33:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/02/facebook-posts/wisconsin-manufacturing-job-loss-blame-china/


text: “One in three American women will have had an abortion by the time she reaches the age of 45.”
claimant: NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: A flawed NARAL Virginia claim: 1 in 3 women will have an abortion
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/23/naral-pro-choice-america/flawed-naral-virginia-claim-1-3-women-will-have-ab/


text: Says a Craigslist ad was soliciting “anti-Trump” protesters in Phoenix.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, this Craigslist ad for paid ‘anti-Trump’ protesters is phony
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/25/facebook-posts/photo-craigslist-advertisement-anti-trump-proteste/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, sign outside a Pennsylvania poll isn’t a voting scam
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A “sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/tweets/no-sign-outside-pennsylvania-poll-isnt-voting-scam/


text: Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post shares flawed COVID-19 survival statistic
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/facebook-posts/facebook-post-shares-flawed-covid-19-survival-stat/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/11/viral-image/viral-image-about-confederate-flag/
title: Viral image about the Confederate flag confuses history
review_date: 2019-04-11T18:59:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
William T. Thompson, the designer of the Confederate flag, said, "As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race" and "As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of the superior race."


claimant: Ted Budd
claim_date: 2018-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Budd falsely accuses Manning of getting $30M in taxpayer money
review_date: 2018-10-23T18:35:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kathy Manning got "$30 million of your tax dollars plus $2.3 million a year" to build a luxury hotel and parking lot

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/ted-budd/budd-falsely-accuses-manning-getting-30m-taxpayer-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, the economy didn't suddenly get strong under Donald Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Years of economic decay are over" because Trump "reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/06/donald-trump/no-economy-didnt-suddenly-get-strong-under-donald-/


claimant: Jimmy Kimmel
claim_date: 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Jimmy Kimmel largely right about cuts, additions to NIH budget
review_date: 2017-05-03T21:22:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Trump last month proposed a $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institutes of Health. And thank God our congressmen made a deal last night to not go along with that. They actually increased funding by $2 billion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/03/jimmy-kimmel/jimmy-kimmel-largely-right-about-cuts-additions-ni/


text: Says Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were both born Aug. 23.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna did not share birthday
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/27/facebook-posts/no-kobe-bryant-and-his-daughter-gianna-did-not-sha/


claimant: Nita Lowey
claim_date: 2019-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Majority of opioids come to U.S. through points of entry, Lowey says
review_date: 2019-01-14T15:02:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The facts are, the majority of opioids and all kinds of other things that are connected to the opioids are coming through the point of entry."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/14/nita-lowey/majority-opioids-come-us-through-points-entry-lowe/


text: The COVID-19 vaccine caused Ashton Kutcher to lose “vision, hearing and ability to walk.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, the COVID-19 vaccine didn’t cause Ashton Kutcher’s vasculitis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/16/viral-image/no-covid-19-vaccine-didnt-cause-ashton-kutchers-va/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Undocumented immigrants aren’t free to leave detention centers at any time, but they can request it
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/17/facebook-posts/undocumented-immigrants-arent-free-leave-detention/


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2021-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/03/mark-pocan/yes-millions-americans-could-lose-their-housing-mi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-03-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/mar/04/fact-checking-donald-trump-two-hour-speech/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC
review_date: 2019-03-04T21:10:15Z
textual_rating: Storage, diverse fuels help
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric (power). … ‘Darling, is the wind blowing today? I’d like to watch television, darling.’"


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Tenn. law bans teaching critical race theory in schools, not Black history
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/19/facebook-posts/tenn-law-bans-teaching-critical-race-theory-school/


text: There are “22 million illegal aliens living in America and ... voting illegally.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for viral claim that ‘22 million illegal aliens’ are ‘voting illegally’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/27/facebook-posts/no-evidence-viral-claim-22-million-illegal-aliens-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Trump exaggerates spending on U.S. military rebuild
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The American military has been completely rebuilt under my administration, at a cost of $2.5 trillion.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/10/donald-trump/trump-exaggerates-spending-us-military-rebuild/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump’s address on the Iran missile attacks
review_date: 2020-01-08T21:12:03Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
“The American military has been completely rebuilt under my administration, at a cost of $2.5 trillion.”

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/08/fact-checking-trumps-address-iran-missile-attacks/


claimant: Everytown for Gun Safety
claim_date: 2018-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Did NRA's LaPierre once call for gun-free schools?
review_date: 2018-02-23T15:43:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/23/everytown-gun-safety/did-nras-lapierre-once-call-gun-free-schools/


claimant: Gov. Rick Scott
claim_date: 2017-02-13T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-02-17T16:30:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/17/rick-scott/gov-rick-scott-paints-fellow-republicans-job-kille/

title:
Gov. Rick Scott paints fellow Republicans as job-killers for Enterprise Florida, Visit Florida votes


claimant: Ainsley Earhardt
claim_date: 2019-07-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/26/could-trump-be-indicted-after-leaving-office-muell/
title: Could Trump (or any president) be indicted after leaving office? Mueller, legal experts say yes
textual_rating: Experts say it's possible
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"But if you watched ABC, if you watched CBS, if you watched NBC, ABC said that Trump could still face criminal charges after he leaves office. That’s not necessarily true."


text: Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Democratic leaders aren’t using masks based on old picture
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/08/facebook-posts/claim-democratic-leaders-arent-masks-Pelosi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: C.S. Lewis didn’t write this pandemic-like passage
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says C.S. Lewis wrote, “They believed blindly everything they heard or read in the papers. They gave up their freedoms.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/10/facebook-posts/cs-lewis-didnt-write-pandemic-passage/


text: “Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s claim linking crime rates to bail reform lacks evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/29/donald-trump/trumps-claim-linking-crime-rates-bail-reform-lacks/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Sticker shock: Ron DeSantis exaggerates cost of gas pump stickers with Nikki Fried's picture
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/04/ron-desantis/sticker-shock-desantis-wrong-democrat-fried-spendi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden took a private plane to his inauguration. He’s still the legitimate president
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Biden had to take a private plane to D.C. instead of a government plane “because they know he’s not a legitimate president” and because the military will soon take over the government.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/21/facebook-posts/biden-took-private-plane-his-inauguration-hes-stil/


text: “Nearly half of pregnant women in Pfizer trial miscarried.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: It’s not true that nearly half of pregnant women in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial miscarried
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/29/viral-image/its-not-true-nearly-half-pregnant-women-pfizers-co/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Blog pushes conspiracy that coronavirus was invented to hurt Trump’s reelection bid
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the New York Times exposed the “real reason behind coronavirus hype: Crash the market to harm Trump’s re-election chances.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/19/blog-posting/blog-pushes-conspiracy-coronavirus-was-invented-hu/


claimant: Roger Roth
claim_date: 2020-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin state Sen. Roger Roth hits the mark: Tax burden at a 50-year low
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/roger-roth/wisconsin-state-senator-hits-mark-tax-burden-50-ye/


claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2021-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Kayleigh McEnany’s claim that ‘all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/kayleigh-mcenany/fact-checking-kayleigh-mcenanys-claim-all-our-main/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim about 'treason'
review_date: 2018-02-06T22:08:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/06/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-about-treason/


text: “Very few … if any” states have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Manchin gets it wrong about states with low minimum wages
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/28/joe-manchin/joe-manchin-gets-it-wrong-about-states-low-minimum/


text: Video shows Nancy Pelosi slurring her speech at a public event.
claimant: Politics WatchDog
claim_date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Viral video of Nancy Pelosi slowed down her speech
review_date: 2019-05-24T15:10:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/24/politics-watchdog/viral-video-nancy-pelosi-speech-was-manipulated/


text: "I don’t take a dime of PAC money."
claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke says he doesn't accept PAC donations
review_date: 2018-08-20T19:54:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/20/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-says-he-doesnt-accept-pac-donations/


text: “The FDA is now saying that it’s OK to take ivermectin if you have COVID.”
claimant: Maria Bartiromo
claim_date: 2023-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: The FDA didn’t reverse course. Ivermectin is still not approved as a COVID-19 treatment.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/17/maria-bartiromo/the-fda-didnt-reverse-course-ivermectin-is-still-n/


text: Says Joe Biden stayed silent about violence at Black Lives Matter protests.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden didn’t stay silent about violence at Black Lives Matter protests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/16/instagram-posts/no-joe-biden-didnt-stay-silent-about-violence-blac/


claimant: Larry Elder
claim_date: 2020-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Larry Elder mislabels statistics on fatal shootings by police
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Last year, there were nine unarmed black people killed (by law enforcement). Nineteen unarmed white people.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/05/larry-elder/larry-elder-mislabels-statistics-fatal-shootings-p/


text: A CNN chyron said the Boulder “shooter was factually Arabic, but morally white.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN chyron did not call Boulder shooter ‘factually Arabic, but morally white’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/facebook-posts/no-cnn-chyron-did-not-call-boulder-shooter-factual/


text: "Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea."
claimant: Hagar Chemali
claim_date: 2017-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Are sanctions against Cuba tougher than they are on North Korea?
review_date: 2017-07-07T16:16:59Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/07/hagar-chemali/are-sanctions-against-cuba-tougher-they-are-north-/


claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2017-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Rush Limbaugh says like Donald Trump, Barack Obama also meddled in an FBI investigation
review_date: 2017-05-18T21:30:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/18/rush-limbaugh/rush-limbaugh-says-donald-trump-barack-obama-also-/


text: Russian President Vladimir Putin “was assassinated.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Clickbait headline about Vladimir Putin’s supposed assassination is wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/21/blog-posting/clickbait-headline-about-vladimir-putins-supposed-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Large social media followings don’t ensure election wins
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The number of followers John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have on Instagram proves the Pennsylvania Senate race was illegitimate.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/10/instagram-posts/large-social-media-followings-dont-ensure-election/


text: Country singer Jason Aldean sued “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Story about Jason Aldean suing Whoopi Goldberg originated on a satire site
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/10/facebook-posts/story-about-jason-aldean-suing-whoopi-goldberg-ori/


text: Say Maine U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin "voted to gut your retirement benefits."
claimant: Maine Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Maine Democratic Party overstates Poliquin's plans
review_date: 2018-10-24T15:33:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/maine-democratic-party/maine-democratic-party-overstates-poliquins-plans/


claimant: Brett Giroir
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Giroir says labs that test livestock could ease the COVID testing backlog for people
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/04/brett-giroir/giroir-says-labs-test-livestock-could-ease-covid-t/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/17/fact-checking-joe-biden-coronavirus-vaccine/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on a coronavirus vaccine
review_date: 2020-09-17T17:52:30Z
textual_rating: Matches CDC statements
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Even if we get a vaccine, it will not be available for most of the population until well into 2021."


text: Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Trump whiffs describing Wisconsin ballot case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/09/donald-trump/trump-whiffs-describing-wisconsin-ballot-case/


text: Mickey Mouse will be replaced as official Disney mascot.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: M-I-C you later? No. Mickey Mouse will stay as Disney mascot.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/20/instagram-posts/m-i-c-you-later-no-mickey-mouse-will-stay-disney-m/


claimant: news24fresh.info
claim_date: 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Website recycles 2017 information to claim Target is recalling Easter egg toys in 2018
review_date: 2018-03-06T16:59:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"ALERT: Massive Easter Egg Recall Leaves MILLIONS Of Children In Danger- THROW THEM AWAY- They WILL Kill Your Kids."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/06/blog-posting/website-recycles-2017-information-claim-target-rec/


claimant: George Borrello
claim_date: 2020-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking coronavirus infection rates in western New York
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/george-borrello/fact-checking-coronavirus-infection-rates-western-/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2017-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy ignores key facts in claim on California water storage
review_date: 2017-07-19T00:56:26Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"While California’s population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven’t completed a single major (water) storage project in that time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/18/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthy-ignores-key-facts-claim-california-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, millions of Chinese didn’t convert to Islam seeking coronavirus immunity
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
20 million Chinese converted to Islam after it’s proven that the coronavirus doesn’t affect Muslims.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/viral-image/no-millions-chinese-didnt-convert-islam-seeking-co/


claimant: Pam Bondi
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: EU, not Ukraine
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gordon Sondland "was ambassador to the Ukraine. He is ambassador to the Ukraine. And the president knows him, the president does not know him very well. He’s a short-term ambassador."


claimant: Chris King
claim_date: 2017-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Does the GOP health care bill mean steep increases for seniors?
review_date: 2017-06-02T14:40:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
a Congressional Budget Office report found low-income seniors in Florida will face "800 percent premium increases" under the American Health Care Act.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/02/chris-king/does-ahca-increase-health-care-premiums-low-income/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, federal relief dollars for San Francisco won’t pay for pot, alcohol for homeless
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The COVID economic relief package “included $600 million for San Francisco, part of which goes to cover the tab for free alcohol and marijuana for the homeless."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/16/kevin-mccarthy/no-federal-relief-dollars-san-francisco-wont-pay-p/


text: “Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook warnings of warrants for unemployment fraud lack evidence
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/facebook-posts/facebook-warnings-warrants-unemployment-fraud-lack/


claimant: Drew Ferguson
claim_date: 2017-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia congressman says GOP tax bill will save typical family $1,182. Will it?
review_date: 2017-11-06T22:16:07Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the House Republican tax proposal, "the average family of four earning median income ($59,000/year) will receive an additional $1,182 in their pocket every year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/06/drew-ferguson/georgia-congressman-says-gop-tax-bill-will-save-ty/


text: Under the mayor’s COVID-19 order, Kansas City “churchgoers must register with the government.”
claimant: Liberty Counsel
claim_date: 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, churchgoers don’t have to register with the government
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/liberty-counsel/no-churchgoers-dont-have-register-government/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Video footage of Pelosi and Schumer on Jan. 6 doesn’t prove the Capitol attack was a setup
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video footage showing Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi hiding on Jan. 6, 2021, shows the U.S. Capitol attack “was a setup.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/facebook-posts/video-footage-of-pelosi-and-schumer-on-jan-6-doesn/


claimant: Eugene DePasquale
claim_date: 2020-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Pennsylvania Democrat correct about uncertainties of Donald Trump’s payroll tax plan
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars ...and potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/24/eugene-depasquale/pa-democrats-tweet-correct-uncertainties-donald-tr/


claimant: Dennis Prager
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Dennis Prager baselessly claims Black students commit ‘overwhelming’ share of campus hate crimes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming that a Black student actually did that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/06/dennis-prager/dennis-prager-baselessly-claims-black-students-com/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump said a New York Times source in the White House doesn't exist. He does
review_date: 2018-05-30T01:06:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Failing @nytimes quotes ‘a senior White House official,’ who doesn’t exist, as saying ‘even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.’ WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/29/donald-trump/donald-trump-said-ny-times-source-didnt-exist-he-d/


text: Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden, Stalin didn’t say the same thing about counting votes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/27/viral-image/no-biden-stalin-didnt-say-same-thing-about-countin/


text: "Principal bans candy canes."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, a school principal tried to ban candy canes
review_date: 2018-12-12T14:08:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/11/blog-posting/yes-school-principal-tried-ban-candy-canes/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio did not drastically increase income thresholds for SNAP benefit eligibility
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
To qualify for Ohio SNAP benefits, “now a family of 3 can make up to $3,660 a month and it used to be $2,700, so it’s gone up almost $1,000 a month.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/15/facebook-posts/ohio-did-not-drastically-increase-income-threshold/


text: Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Did Patrick Morrisey beat Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs?
review_date: 2018-09-20T17:27:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/20/patrick-morrisey/did-patrick-morrisey-beat-obama-supreme-court-savi/


claimant: J. Bart Classen
claim_date: 2021-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: The coronavirus vaccine doesn’t cause Alzheimer’s, ALS
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The COVID-19 vaccine could lead to prion diseases, Alzheimer’s, ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/26/j-bart-classen/coronavirus-vaccine-doesnt-cause-alzheimers-als/


text: Says George Floyd appeared on Judge Judy.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: George Floyd from Judge Judy is not the same man killed by police in Minneapolis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/viral-image/george-floyd-judge-judy-not-same-man-killed-police/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's State of the Union ratings are not the highest in history
review_date: 2018-02-01T22:38:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/01/donald-trump/trump-state-union-ratings-not-highest-history/


text: A photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: These birds didn’t die because of the Ohio train derailment. Image is from 2018
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/17/facebook-posts/these-birds-didnt-die-because-of-the-ohio-train-de/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-02-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows that “OnlyFans has guys on campus encouraging your daughters to do porn for ‘financial freedom.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/14/tweets/no-onlyfans-isnt-recruiting-adult-film-stars-colle/

title:
No, OnlyFans isn’t recruiting for adult film stars on college campuses. Man in viral video is acting


text: “More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
claimant: West Virginia Republican Party
claim_date: 2022-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking how much fentanyl is coming into the U.S.
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/03/west-virginia-republican-party/fact-checking-how-much-fentanyl-coming-us/


text: "There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."
claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Mark Pocan wrongly claims Donald Trump had no legal authority to launch missile attack on Syria
review_date: 2017-04-07T21:35:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/07/mark-pocan/mark-pocan-wrongly-claims-donald-trump-had-no-lega/


claimant: Republican National Committee
claim_date: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: RNC video takes Biden, Obama, Wasserman Schultz out of context on mail-in voting
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/14/republican-national-committee-republican/rnc-video-takes-biden-obama-wasserman-schultz-out-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/05/trump-says-his-immigration-executive-order-travel-/
title: Trump says it’s a travel ban, despite what his own team says
review_date: 2017-06-05T14:03:08Z
textual_rating: It's a Travel Ban
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!"


claimant: Josh Mandel
claim_date: 2021-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fish treadmills, earthquake-proof gingerbread houses? Not so fast
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/24/josh-mandel/fish-treadmills-earthquake-proof-gingerbread-house/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-04-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/08/did-george-floyd-say-he-ate-too-many-drugs-derek-c/
title: Did George Floyd say he ‘ate too many drugs,’ as Derek Chauvin's defense claimed?
textual_rating: In dispute, missing context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Chauvin’s lawyer just played a short excerpt of George Floyd — while being held on the ground — screaming out, ‘Ahhh! I ate too many drugs!’"


text: Video shows “the earthquake in Turkey.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows building in Saudi Arabia, not collateral from the earthquake that rocked Turkey, Syria
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/21/facebook-posts/video-shows-building-saudi-arabia-not-collateral-e/


text: “Registered Republican not allowed to vote.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Woman who says she was barred from voting in La. GOP primary was actually a Democrat.
review_date: 2020-07-15T14:22:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/14/viral-image/woman-who-says-she-was-barred-voting-la-gop-primar/?fbclid=IwAR2xohz6-jKV5FO9Koe6KVOYFTxvb--LV7Ua-rp56Stpt5GDSBcJDjYrSgo


text: A transaction tax in countries like the UK "didn't affect their financial markets at all."
claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Gillibrand's claim on transaction taxes not whole story
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/26/kirsten-gillibrand/gillibrands-claim-transaction-taxes-not-whole-stor/


text: Gov. Ron DeSantis "passed the largest corporate subsidies in Florida history for Disney."
claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/may/18/disney-cancels-plans-for-florida-campus-amid-feud/
textual_rating: Mostly accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
title:
Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive


text: Says a meat shortage is “not expected”
claimant: Paul Farrow
claim_date: 2020-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: No shortage expected, but meat supply could see new constraints
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/05/paul-farrow/no-shortage-expected-meat-supply-could-see-new-con/


claimant: Kathleen Vinehout
claim_date: 2017-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Are kids in rural Wisconsin crossing 'condemned' bridges to catch their school bus?
review_date: 2017-03-03T17:35:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/03/kathleen-vinehout/are-kids-rural-wisconsin-crossing-condemned-bridge/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely implies Arizona audit has exposed fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Republican state senators” who started an audit of 2020 election results in Maricopa County are “exposing this fraud.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/09/donald-trump/trump-falsely-implies-arizona-audit-has-exposed-fr/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t tweet this demand that Instagram delete a conservative account
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/31/viral-image/this-isnt-a-real-tweet-from-alexandria-ocasio-cort/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-12-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/dec/15/how-biden-managed-win-far-more-votes-2020-obama-di/
title: How Biden managed to win far more votes in 2020 than Obama did in 2008 — but far fewer counties
textual_rating: Badly flawed logic
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Biden's vote tally should raise eyebrows because it's way more than Obama got in 2008, but Biden won far fewer counties.


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Hitler made this statement about gun control
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/21/viral-image/no-evidence-hitler-made-statement-about-gun-contro/


claimant: Senate Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Senate Leadership Fund distorts Heidi Heitkamp's record on immigration
review_date: 2018-10-19T16:03:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Washington Heidi supports sanctuary cities, where illegal immigrants can be released on our streets, like this criminal, who was let go and then sexually assaulted a child."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/19/senate-leadership-fund/heidi-heitkamps-record-immigration-sanctuary-citie/


text: Says Gov. Tony Evers “removed the American flag from the Capitol building”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Tony Evers ordered U.S. flag removed is ridiculous
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/facebook-posts/claim-tony-evers-ordered-us-flag-removed-ridiculou/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: George H.W. Bush didn’t say if Americans ever found out ‘what we have done’ they would ‘lynch us’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says George H.W. Bush once said "If the American People ever find out what we have done, they will chase us down the street and lynch us."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/17/facebook-posts/george-hw-bush-didnt-say-if-americans-ever-found-o/


text: Photo shows Joe Biden asleep at his desk.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden wasn’t photographed sleeping at his Oval Office desk
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-biden-wasnt-photographed-sleeping-his-oval-offi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump spreads baseless claim that MSNBC host murdered a staff member in 2001
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/26/donald-trump/donald-trump-spreads-baseless-claim-msnbc-host-mur/


text: “Georgia and Kansas Capitol buildings have been stormed by protesters.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, protesters didn’t storm the Georgia and Kansas capitol buildings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/facebook-posts/no-protesters-didnt-storm-georgia-and-kansas-capit/


text: “We know that Saudi Arabia started al-Qaida.”
claimant: Bob Graham
claim_date: 2016-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham's claim that Saudi Arabia created al-Qaida lacks nuance
review_date: 2016-04-24T22:21:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/24/bob-graham/bob-graham-saudi-arabia-created-al-qaida/


text: Says John Podesta "refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!"
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did John Podesta deny CIA and FBI access to DNC server, as Donald Trump claims?
review_date: 2017-07-11T15:25:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/11/donald-trump/did-john-podesta-deny-cia-and-fbi-access-dnc-serve/


claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Super PAC ad twists truth on Maine candidate’s welfare voting record
review_date: 2018-09-07T15:46:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/07/congressional-leadership-fund/super-pac-ad-twists-truth-maine-candidates-welfare/


claimant: Ted Yoho
claim_date: 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/04/ted-yoho/yoho-afghanistan-poppy-growth-way/
title: Does Afghanistan grow more opium poppies than before 2001?
review_date: 2017-04-04T15:21:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."


text: "When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy. I didn’t have it. He had it."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump, again, falsely says Obama had family separation policy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-again-falsely-says-obama-had-family-s/


text: "By the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks."
claimant: Minka Kelly
claim_date: 2016-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Is an elephant killed in the time it takes you to down that cup of coffee?
review_date: 2016-05-17T17:32:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/17/minka-kelly/elephant-killed-time-you-down-cup-joe/


claimant: Patricia McCloskey
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters makes false convention claim about Joe Biden, suburbs
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/25/patricia-mccloskey/st-louis-couple-who-aimed-guns-protesters-makes-fa/


claimant: Chris Hayes
claim_date: 2020-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: MSNBC’s Chris Hayes right on economic impact of international college students
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/chris-hayes/msnbcs-chris-hayes-right-economic-impact-internati/


text: Says wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence that wearing standard masks is harmful to your health
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/19/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-wearing-standard-masks-harmful-/


text: "Obama wants to give (Iran) nuclear weapons and Michael Bennet, he was all for it."
claimant: Jon Keyser
claim_date: 2016-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Keyser says Obama, Bennet want to 'give' Iran nukes -- but deal aims to prevent that
review_date: 2016-06-02T21:58:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/02/jon-keyser/keyser-says-obama-bennet-want-give-iran-nukes-deal/


text: Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
claimant: Lauren Boebert
claim_date: 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Lauren Boebert said Joe Biden closed schools. Here’s why she’s wrong.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/08/lauren-boebert/lauren-boebert-said-joe-biden-closed-schools-heres/


text: Says Joe Biden said “Why am I doing this? Why? What is my real aim?”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Biden was quoting Pope Francis, not expressing confusion about his campaign
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/donald-trump/biden-was-quoting-pope-francis-not-expressing-conf/


text: "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2019-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: How much does the city of Austin spend, per homeless person?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/17/greg-abbott/how-much-does-city-austin-spend-homeless-person/


claimant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: DCCC links Mike Pence to Mike Coffman, says both 'oppose equal rights for LGBT Americans'
review_date: 2016-07-27T22:08:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Mike Pence, Rep. Mike Coffman "take the same positions on a number of things ... Coffman and Pence oppose equal rights for LGBT Americans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee/dccc-links-mike-pence-mike-coffman-says-both-oppos/


text: Says a photo shows a pack of wolves walking in a single line in the snow being led by the sick.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook posts on viral wolf pack image are wrong about the animals' behavior
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/20/viral-image/facebook-posts-viral-wolf-pack-image-miscategorize/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Barack Obama on the Senate filibuster
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The filibuster, if it does not get reformed, still means that maybe 30% of the population potentially controls the majority of Senate seats.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/02/barack-obama/fact-checking-barack-obama-senate-filibuster/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, drinking tonic water isn’t a proven method to alleviate restless legs syndrome
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says drinking a "6-ounce glass of tonic water each night before bed" will help alleviate restless legs syndrome.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/21/facebook-posts/no-drinking-tonic-water-isnt-proven-method-allevia/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Post about sending cards to recovering service members is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/04/facebook-posts/post-about-sending-cards-recovering-service-member/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-04-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/29/donald-trump/was-donald-trump-target-coup-no/
title: Was Donald Trump the target of a coup? No
review_date: 2019-04-30T02:02:15Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/06/viral-image/these-political-families-are-fake/
title: These political families are fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Angela Merkel is the daughter of Adolf Hitler, Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro and Barbara Bush is the daughter of Aleister Crowley.


claimant: Tulsi Gabbard
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/01/were-tulsi-gabbards-attacks-kamala-harris-record-c/
title: Were Tulsi Gabbard’s attacks on Kamala Harris’ record as a California prosecutor on target?
review_date: 2019-08-02T14:38:15Z
textual_rating: Leaves out key details
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris "blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so."


text: “Go to antifa.com and it takes you to Biden’s White House! … Just a slap in the face!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Antifa.com now redirects to White House website, but anyone can forward a URL without permission
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/22/facebook-posts/antifacom-now-redirects-white-house-website-anyone/


text: "Republicans Looking To Cut Social Security As Much As 50 percent Immediately."
claimant: New Century Times
claim_date: 2016-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Website makes dubious claim that GOP will cut Social Security by 50% 'immediately'
review_date: 2016-12-14T22:26:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/14/new-century-times/website-makes-dubious-claim-gop-will-cut-social-se/


claimant: J.K. Rowling
claim_date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: J.K. Rowling falsely accuses Trump of not shaking disabled boy's hand
review_date: 2017-07-31T19:48:56Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump was seen "looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/31/jk-rowling/jk-rowling-falsely-accuses-trump-not-shaking-disab/


claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims that NATO, US broke agreement against alliance expanding eastward
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/28/candace-owens/fact-checking-claims-nato-us-broke-agreement-again/


text: “The vaccination campaign” increased COVID-19 deaths by 175% in one year.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that vaccine campaign boosted COVID-19 deaths errs in several ways
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/01/viral-image/claim-vaccine-campaign-boosted-covid-19-deaths-err/


text: "We’re the worst state in the country at moving people from welfare to work."
claimant: Catherine Hanaway
claim_date: 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Hanaway wrong about Missouri's rate of moving people from welfare to work
review_date: 2016-04-19T15:12:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/18/catherine-hanaway/hanaway-wrong-about-missouris-rate-moving-people-w/


text: “The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Coronavirus testing is free, but there could be other costs
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/04/facebook-posts/coronavirus-testing-free-there-could-be-other-cost/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Old Fauci comments about vaccine safety are being taken out of context
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Dr. Fauci opens up the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine could be making people more likely to be infected by the virus.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/17/viral-image/old-fauci-comments-about-vaccine-safety-are-being-/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton said Trump wants to know about allies' payments before defending them
review_date: 2016-10-26T21:23:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. He said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/26/hillary-clinton/clinton-says-trump-wants-know-about-allies-payment/


text: “Pete Buttigieg claims Bible says babies can be aborted ‘up to their first breath.’”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pete Buttigieg didn’t claim the Bible says babies can be aborted up to their first breath
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/blog-posting/no-pete-buttigieg-didnt-claim-bible-says-babies-ca/


text: "We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich Says Defense Spending at Historic Low
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:36:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/aug/29/newt-gingrich/gingrich-says-defense-spending-historic-low/


claimant: Jerrold Nadler
claim_date: 2017-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: No terrorist attacks post 9/11 by people from countries in Trump's travel ban?
review_date: 2017-04-11T20:46:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/29/jerrold-nadler/have-there-been-terrorist-attacks-post-911-countri/


text: Says "I have been through the gauntlet, when we had riots in that Capitol."
claimant: Leah Vukmir
claim_date: 2018-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Vukmir refreshes claim about 2011 Capitol 'riots'
review_date: 2018-09-04T19:34:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/04/leah-vukmir/gop-us-senate-candidate-vukmir-refreshes-claim-abo/


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: Historians disagree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I say very modestly that I have done more for the African American community than any president since Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican president."


text: A photo shows a recent White House event was actually filmed at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, an image of a White House Rose Garden event wasn’t taken at a film studio in Georgia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/17/facebook-posts/no-image-white-house-rose-garden-event-wasnt-taken/


claimant: Tim Canova
claim_date: 2016-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Debbie Wasserman Schultz attacked for bank donations and position on payday loan bill
review_date: 2016-05-11T18:39:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"After taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks, (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) has voted to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from regulating payday loans and addressing racial discrimination in car loans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/30/tim-canova/debbie-wasserman-schultz-attacked-bank-donations-a/


text: Video shows Joe Biden sleeping at the Arab Conference in Saudi Arabia.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Biden didn’t sleep at Saudi Arabia summit
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/21/instagram-posts/biden-didnt-sleep-saudi-arabia-summit/


text: Sen. Johnny Isakson voted for a trade agreement, “with China costing Georgia 93,000 jobs.”
claimant: Jim Barksdale
claim_date: 2016-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Barksdale cherry picks numbers to attack Isakson on trade
review_date: 2016-10-14T19:21:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/15/jim-barksdale/barksdale-cherry-picks-numbers-attack-isakson-trad/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates didn’t call for the ‘withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccines’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; ‘The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/07/blog-posting/no-bill-gates-didnt-call-withdrawal-all-covid-19-v/


text: Says that Andrew Gillum said, "Police and prisons have no place in justice."
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: DeSantis puts words in Gillum's mouth that he didn't say in Florida governor race
review_date: 2018-11-06T14:42:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/06/ron-desantis/despite-desantis-anti-police-claims-gillums-record/


claimant: Nova Magazine
claim_date: 2017-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Prince Harry never said Donald Trump wasn't welcome at his wedding
review_date: 2017-12-01T20:59:35Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Prince Harry says Donald Trump is not welcome at his wedding: ‘Trump is a serious threat to human rights.’ "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/01/nova-magazine/prince-harry-never-said-donald-trump-wasnt-welcome/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/10/fact-checking-6-claims-in-joe-bidens-budget-speech/
title: Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
review_date: 2023-03-10T21:25:06Z
textual_rating: Yes, but needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I was able to create 12 million new jobs in two years, more than any president in American history has created in four years."


claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, reports to the CDC’s vaccine early warning system are not ‘vaccine deaths’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/06/gateway-pundit/no-reports-cdcs-vaccine-early-warning-system-are-n/


claimant: Michele Bachmann
claim_date: 2022-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, the US is not backing a WHO takeover of national health policies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden administration wants all nations to "cede their sovereignty over national health care decisions to the WHO.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/michele-bachmann/no-us-not-backing-who-takeover-national-health-pol/


text: Says Jay-Z set up a $15 million trust fund for Nipsey Hussle’s children.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Jay-Z did not arrange a $15 million trust fund for Nipsey Hussle’s children
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/11/blog-posting/no-jay-z-did-not-arrange-15-million-trust-fund-nip/


claimant: Social media
claim_date: 2023-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: In video, books removed from a Florida middle school were old, not censored
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/01/instagram-posts/video-of-books-removed-from-a-florida-middle-schoo/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Barack Obama 'did nothing' about Russia prior to Election Day
review_date: 2017-07-10T14:28:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-barack-obama-did-nothing-about-r/


text: Says Jacky Rosen promised "to repeal middle-class tax cut."
claimant: Dean Heller
claim_date: 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Middle-class tax cuts as weapon in Nevada Senate race
review_date: 2018-04-24T14:26:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/24/dean-heller/middle-class-tax-cuts-weapon-nevada-senate-race/


text: "Even Richard Nixon released his tax returns to the public when he was running for president ..."
claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine wrongly says Richard Nixon released tax returns during campaign
review_date: 2016-08-22T16:33:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/22/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-wrongly-says-richard-nixon-released-tax-/


text: “Dems have removed any mention of ‘God’ from their Platform.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic Party’s 2020 platform includes mention God
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/02/facebook-posts/democratic-partys-2020-platform-includes-mention-g/


text: "Unlawful presence (in the United States) is not a crime."
claimant: Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
claim_date: 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Is being in the United States unlawfully a 'crime'?
review_date: 2017-03-15T20:30:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/15/florida-conference-catholic-bishops/being-united-states-unlawfully-crime/


text: “The January 6 committee disbanded immediately after the new footage was released.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Tucker Carlson’s airing of Jan. 6 footage wasn’t connected to House select committee’s end
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/facebook-posts/no-tucker-carlsons-airing-of-jan-6-footage-wasnt-c/


text: Says Patrick Morrisey "ran for Congress in NJ as pro-choice."
claimant: Evan Jenkins
claim_date: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Did Patrick Morrisey once support abortion rights?
review_date: 2017-10-30T18:13:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/30/evan-jenkins/did-patrick-morrisey-once-support-abortion-rights/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Did Hitler say the best way to control a people is to take 'a little of their freedom at a time'?
review_date: 2019-04-01T15:50:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/01/facebook-posts/did-hitler-say-best-way-control-people-take-little/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: What you need to know about Hillary Clinton's 'infamous response' to Benghazi question
review_date: 2016-07-20T04:53:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
" ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?' I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, 'Why didn't you just pick up the phone and call the survivors’ (of the Benghazi attack)?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/20/ron-johnson/what-you-need-know-about-hillary-clintons-infamous/


text: You can monitor yourself for COVID-19 with a breath test.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t hold your breath. This isn’t a credible way to test for coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/13/viral-image/dont-hold-your-breath-isnt-credible-way-test-coron/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2017-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton’s False claim on mass shootings
review_date: 2017-10-10T23:20:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clintons-false-claim-mass-shootings/


text: The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
claimant: Mitt Romney
claim_date: 2021-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Mitt Romney accurately says Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-accurately-says-trump-administration-w/


text: “Congress, White House, IRS, Feds, Federal Reserve are shut down.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. government institutions haven’t shuttered, despite Facebook claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/14/instagram-posts/us-government-institutions-havent-shuttered-despit/


claimant: Catherine Cortez Masto
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: Correct on 2016, Trump
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Despite what the president says, voting by mail has been a secure, proven option for decades. In 2016, 33 million Americans voted by mail. Even Donald Trump has requested an absentee ballot twice this year."


text: A political map circulated by Sarah Palin’s PAC incited Rep. Gabby Giffords’ shooting
claimant: New York Times
claim_date: 2017-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Sarah Palin’s PAC incited shooting of Rep. Gabby Giffords
review_date: 2017-06-15T23:03:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/15/new-york-times-editorial-board/no-evidence-sarah-palins-pac-incited-shooting-rep-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real Elon Musk tweet about alleged Twitter suppression
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Elon Musk tweeted, “The Democrats paid the CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter millions of dollars to block and delete people’s pages during the 2020 election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/09/viral-image/no-this-isnt-a-real-elon-musk-tweet-about-alleged/


claimant: Scott Galloway
claim_date: 2018-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: More felons regained right to vote in Florida than population of many states
review_date: 2018-11-08T17:04:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The number of people who just got their voting rights restored in Florida is greater than the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine and New Hampshire."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/08/steve-galloway/more-felons-regained-right-vote-florida-population/


text: The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."
claimant: Stephen Carter
claim_date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, 5-4 Supreme Court rulings are not on the rise
review_date: 2018-10-12T14:46:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/12/stephen-carter/no-5-4-supreme-court-rulings-are-not-rise/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, wearing a mask doesn’t void concealed-carry permit
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If you are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, wearing a face covering for coronavirus "removes your conceal carry ability."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/viral-image/no-wearing-mask-doesnt-void-concealed-carry-permit/


text: Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, the 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure featured a racist carnival game
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/22/facebook-posts/1942-milwaukee-ymca-brochure-racist-carnival-game/


claimant: David Simmons
claim_date: 2018-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Florida lawmaker mangles Nazi gun control history
review_date: 2018-03-07T13:39:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/06/david-simmons/florida-lawmaker-mangles-nazis-gun-control-history/


text: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth is “over $1 million.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: AOC’s net worth over $1 million? That’s Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/10/facebook-posts/aocs-net-worth-over-1-million-s-pants-fire/


text: Mehmet Oz “was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”
claimant: Pennsylvania Conservative Fund
claim_date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Attack on Senate hopeful Oz is wrong that he was spokesman for group that wanted to defund police
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/28/pennsylvania-conservative-fund/attack-senate-hopeful-oz-wrong-he-was-spokesman-gr/


claimant: Markwayne Mullin
claim_date: 2017-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Oklahoma Rep. Mullin says average family of 4 would save $1,182 in taxes
review_date: 2017-11-07T20:00:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average American family of four will receive a $1,182 tax cut."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/07/markwayne-mullin/oklahoma-rep-mullin-says-average-family-would-save/


text: Says Marco Rubio "said Social Security and Medicare have ‘weakened us as a people.’ "
claimant: Patrick Murphy
claim_date: 2016-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Murphy revisits Rubio's Reagan library line about Social Security, Medicare weakening Americans
review_date: 2016-10-28T15:36:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/27/patrick-murphy/murphy-revisits-rubios-reagan-library-line-about-s/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Facebook post manipulated to make it look like it came from tennis pro Serena Williams
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Tennis star Serena Williams wrote that she’s “sick of COVID-19. I’m sick of black vs. white. I’m sick of Democrats vs. Republicans. I’m sick of gay vs. straight. I’m sick of Christians vs atheists. I’m REALLY sick of the media.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/facebook-posts/viral-facebook-post-manipulated-make-it-look-it-ca/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Rumors spread online about Tim Tebow, Aaron Hernandez and jersey No. 85
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/08/viral-image/rumors-spread-online-about-tim-tebow-aaron-hernand/


text: “Chris Christie is in ICU and reported to be put on a ventilator.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Chris Christie is on a ventilator in the ICU
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/07/viral-image/no-evidence-chris-christie-ventilator-icu/


text: COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that greater testing is driving coronavirus case load
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-greater-testing-driving-coronav/


text: Sean Connery wrote a letter to Steve Jobs refusing to be an Apple spokesman.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fake Sean Connery letter to Steve Jobs spreads in the wake of his death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/31/viral-image/fake-sean-connery-letter-steve-jobs-spreads-wake-h/


claimant: Delaine Eastin
claim_date: 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Do millennials have ‘only a 50-50 chance’ of doing better financially than their parents?
review_date: 2017-10-30T22:52:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/27/delaine-eastin/do-millennials-have-only-50-50-chance-doing-better/


claimant: Malcolm Jenkins
claim_date: 2018-06-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/07/nfl-malcolm-jenkins-facts-prisons-police-shooting/
title: Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings
review_date: 2018-06-07T21:17:10Z
textual_rating: Numbers are close
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2018, 439 people shot and killed by police (thus far) Shot by police 25%=African American males In US population 8% = African American males"


text: “Bill Gates fights to keep vaccine ingredients secret.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates isn’t fighting to keep vaccine ingredients secret. They’re already public.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/facebook-posts/no-bill-gates-isnt-fighting-keep-vaccine-ingredien/


text: Walmart is giving some women $500 grocery store credit as part of a discrimination settlement.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Online scams use fabricated Walmart sexual discrimination ‘settlements’ as lure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/18/facebook-posts/online-scams-use-fabricated-walmart-sexual-discrim/


claimant: Jacob Wohl
claim_date: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump supporter spreads fake news about NC governor, yearbook photo
review_date: 2019-02-09T00:40:10Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Racist picture of Democrat North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper emerges just days after he called on Ralph Northam to resign - DAILY MAIL."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/09/jacob-wohl/trump-supporter-spreads-fake-news-about-nc-governo/


text: Volodymyr Zelenskyy was photographed holding a soccer jersey with his name and a swastika.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Zelenskyy holding a jersey with a swastika was altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/21/viral-image/photo-zelenskyy-holding-jersey-swastika-was-altere/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2014-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich: Hillary Clinton's health plan had broad religious exemptions
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:11:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/jul/08/newt-gingrich/gingrich-hillary-clintons-health-plan-had-broad-re/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says history shows she can win over Bernie Sanders supporters
review_date: 2016-04-21T21:21:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/21/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-history-shows-win-bernie-sanders/


text: Russia’s interference in the 2016 election amounted to "a couple of Facebook ads."
claimant: Jared Kushner
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Jared Kushner wrong on scope of Russia’s interference
review_date: 2019-04-24T17:19:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/24/jared-kushner/jared-kushner-wrong-scope-russias-interference/


text: Says Carlos Beruff "supported (Charlie) Crist even after he switched parties."
claimant: Florida First Project
claim_date: 2016-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Carlos Beruff supported Charlie Crist after party switch, PAC says
review_date: 2016-08-12T18:03:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/11/florida-first-project/carlos-beruff-supported-charlie-crist-after-party-/


text: Says he made "a record investment in schools."
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Walker's claim of 'record' state spending on schools doesn't account for inflation
review_date: 2018-08-07T21:05:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/03/scott-walker/scott-walkers-claim-record-state-spending-schools-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/16/appearing-orange-and-other-donald-trump-complaints/
title: Donald Trump’s complaints about light bulbs, fact-checked
review_date: 2019-09-16T20:20:24Z
textual_rating: Overlooks LEDs
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"But number two, it’s many times more expensive than that old incandescent bulb that worked very well."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Trump tweet mischaracterizes New York’s voting woes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no idea what is going on. Rigged Election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/15/donald-trump/trump-tweet-mischaracterizes-new-yorks-voting-woes/


claimant: John Cornyn
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Some COVID-19 deaths have been children
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/john-cornyn/some-covid-19-deaths-have-been-children/


text: Says that ice melting in a cup illustrates that sea levels don’t rise when icebergs melt.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: This viral photo of ice melting in a cup misrepresents icebergs and sea level rise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/12/viral-image/viral-photo-ice-melting-cup-misrepresents-icebergs/


text: Photo shows a Chinese restaurant sign that says “F--- DeSantis.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Chinese restaurant sign attacking DeSantis isn’t real
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/09/instagram-posts/chinese-restaurant-sign-attacking-desantis-isnt-re/


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:
"Joe Biden recently raised his hand on the debate stage and promised he was going to give it away, your health care dollars to illegal immigrants, which is going to bring massive number of immigrants into our country."


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: US, Canadian officials have not released audio of noises heard during Titan search, despite claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Audio is of “the knocking they caught from the submarine” that imploded on the way to view the Titanic wreckage.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/27/facebook-posts/us-canadian-officials-have-not-released-audio-of-n/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a comparison of gun deaths and terrorism deaths
review_date: 2017-04-11T20:21:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/05/viral-image/fact-checking-comparison-gun-deaths-and-terrorism-/


text: Says Patrick Murphy "never worked as a CPA" and was "never a small business owner."
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Republican group misleads in attack on Patrick Murphy's resume
review_date: 2016-09-08T20:05:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/national-republican-senatorial-committee/republican-group-misleads-attack-patrick-murphys-r/


claimant: Roy Blunt
claim_date: 2021-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Roy Blunt miscasts how H.R. 1 would reshape the Federal Election Commission
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under H.R. 1, the Federal Election Commission “for the first time ever, instead of being an equal number of Republicans and Democrats (would be) three of one side and two of the other."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/22/roy-blunt/roy-blunt-miscasts-how-hr-1-would-reshape-federal-/


claimant: "Died Suddenly"
claim_date: 2022-11-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/nov/29/died-suddenly-repeats-debunked-covid-19-vaccine-cl/
title: 'Died Suddenly' repeats debunked COVID-19 vaccine claims, promotes conspiracy theory
textual_rating: Repeats debunked COVID-19 vaccine claims, promotes conspiracy theory
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The film "Died Suddenly" proves that COVID-19 vaccines are part of a depopulation scheme by global elites who want to establish a global regime.


text: Says Joe Biden "tells men to marry into families ‘with 3 or 4 sisters.’"
claimant: Thepoliticalbrief.com
claim_date: 2020-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Viral story twists Biden’s words of sympathy into womanizing advice
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/17/blog-posting/viral-story-twists-bidens-words-sympathy-womanizin/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, ATF nominee Chipman was not part of 1993 siege in Waco, Texas
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says ATF chief nominee David Chipman was part of the 1993 assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/01/viral-image/no-atf-nominee-chipman-was-not-part-1993-siege-wac/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden touts big joblessness drop, but pandemic programs skew key comparison
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/27/joe-biden/joe-biden-touts-big-joblessness-drop-but/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says 1,800 people who were going to be deported ended up becoming citizens
review_date: 2016-09-29T17:54:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they don't even know."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/29/donald-trump/trump-says-1800-people-who-were-going-be-deported-/


text: "California to teach kindergarteners there are 15 genders."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, California won’t teach all kindergarteners that there are 15 genders
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/31/facebook-posts/no-california-wont-teach-all-kindergarteners-there/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Shapiro had more than a million votes in PA with 36% reporting, despite viral image
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/11/viral-image/shapiro-had-more-million-votes-36-reporting-despit/


text: Hillary Clinton "threatened to bomb Iran — totally obliterate them — if she was president."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Video takes Hillary Clinton’s Iran comments out of context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/13/viral-image/video-takes-hillary-clintons-iran-comments-out-con/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: The Space Foundation didn’t revoke honors from Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/facebook-posts/space-foundation-didnt-revoke-honors-russian-cosmo/


claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2017-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Rauner's Chicago schools "bailout" claim rooted in political histrionics, not numbers
review_date: 2017-08-01T13:16:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/01/bruce-rauner/rauners-chicago-schools-bailout-claim-rooted-polit/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Cars vs. wheat: Donald Trump distorts US-Japan trade
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/15/donald-trump/cars-vs-wheat-donald-trump-muddles-us-japan-trade-/


text: Christine Grady “is the head of NIH.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Dr. Anthony’s Fauci’s wife isn’t the National Institutes of Health’s director
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/instagram-posts/no-dr-anthonys-faucis-wife-isnt-the-national-insti/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of former French education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows former French education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem herding sheep as a child in Morocco.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/06/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-former-french-education-minister-naj/


claimant: Louie Gohmert
claim_date: 2020-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, a powder in Germany can't kill coronavirus on contact and for 14 days
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a powder has been developed that, when mixed with water, “is being used in Germany as a mist. Health care workers go through a misting tent going into the hospital and it kills the coronavirus completely dead not only right then, but any time in the next 14 days that the virus touches anything that’s been sprayed, it is killed.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/louie-gohmert/no-powder-germany-cant-kill-coronavirus-contact-an/


text: Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2023-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Ron Johnson again says Social Security is a Ponzi scheme
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/05/ron-johnson/sen-ron-johnson-again-says-social-security-is-a-po/


claimant: VoteVets
claim_date: 2022-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump acts not treason and GOP platform, reducing Ukraine support, doesn’t officially appease Putin
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/10/votevets/trump-acts-not-treason-and-gop-platform-reducing-u/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong on Google manipulating election results
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-google-manipulating-election-re/


text: "There is no added safety to the public if you're vaccinated."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: No truth to claim that vaccination provides 'no added safety to the public'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/11/viral-image/being-vaccinated-against-covid-19-limits-chance-vi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: WHO pandemic preparedness treaty will not remove human rights protections, restrict freedoms
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The WHO is developing a pandemic treaty that will remove current human rights protections, enforce surveillance and censorship and eliminate freedom of speech.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/05/facebook-posts/who-pandemic-preparedness-treaty-will-not-remove-h/


claimant: Meme
claim_date: 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Is the United States third in murders and are outlier cities to blame? No.
review_date: 2018-03-28T16:10:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The United States is 3rd in murders throughout the world. If you remove Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and New Orleans, the United States is then 189th out of 193 countries in the entire world."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/28/viral-image/united-states-third-murders-outlier-cities/


text: The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is "the same way Barack Obama did it."
claimant: Matt Schlapp
claim_date: 2018-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump’s separation of immigrant families was not Barack Obama’s policy
review_date: 2018-06-19T11:35:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/19/matt-schlapp/no-donald-trumps-separation-immigrant-families-was/


text: The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking misinformation about 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/fact-checking-misinformation-about-uvalde-texas-sc/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Popeyes manager wasn’t arrested for lacing fried chicken with cocaine
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Popeyes manager arrested for allegedly dipping chicken in cocaine based flour to increase business sales."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/23/viral-image/no-popeyes-manager-wasnt-arrested-lacing-fried-chi/


text: "I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Has Donald Trump 'been much tougher on Russia' than Barack Obama?
review_date: 2018-02-20T22:25:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/20/donald-trump/has-donald-trump-been-much-tougher-russia-barack-o/


text: "I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Analysis | Trump’s claim that he’s been ‘much tougher on Russia than Obama’
review_date: 2018-02-22T12:17:51Z
textual_rating: Three Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/02/22/trumps-claim-that-hes-been-much-tougher-on-russia-than-obama/


claimant: Michael Bennet
claim_date: 2019-01-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jan/25/fact-checking-michael-bennets-senate-floor-speech-/
title: Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown
review_date: 2019-01-25T22:11:40Z
textual_rating: Omits key caveats
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For the first time almost in history — it happened once before during the Vietnam War — we are actually having our deficit shooting through the roof while unemployment has fallen."


text: Says Bill Nelson is "one of America’s most independent senators."
claimant: Senate Majority PAC
claim_date: 2018-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Is Bill Nelson one of America's most independent senators?
review_date: 2018-05-24T13:26:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/senate-majority-pac/bill-nelson-one-americas-most-independent-senators/


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: Inaccurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders unity platform would "abolish immigration detention. No more detention. You come in here illegally, no more detention."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fake Donald Trump statement about Alec Baldwin spreads online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump said, “Alec Baldwin, a total loser, has taken his impression of me to a new low by testing out this theory” by shooting someone.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/28/viral-image/fake-donald-trump-statement-about-alec-baldwin-spr/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t the whistleblower posing with Adam Schiff’s family
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Adam Schiff’s family Christmas card has a photo of the whistleblower, who is dating Schiff’s daughter.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/12/viral-image/no-isnt-whistleblower-posing-adam-schiffs-family/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Private messages sent to Zoom meeting hosts could appear in their transcript
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“‘Private’ messages sent to individual people during a Zoom meeting show up in the end-of-meeting transcript along with all other public messages.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/viral-image/private-messages-sent-zoom-meeting-hosts-could-app/


text: Bryan County, Ga., has "corrupted voter rolls."
claimant: Public Interest Legal Foundation
claim_date: 2017-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Anti-vote fraud group levels false charge of corrupted voter rolls
review_date: 2017-10-04T16:59:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/04/public-interest-legal-foundation/anti-vote-fraud-group-levels-false-charge-corrupte/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
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: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trump is "the only one defunding" police. His budget "calls for a $400 million cut in local law enforcement assistance."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, the names of CNN anchors were not on the Epstein flight logs
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the names of CNN anchors Chris Cuomo, Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper were on the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/facebook-posts/no-names-cnn-anchors-were-not-epstein-flight-logs/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-03-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/11/kamala-harris-calls-her-lift-plan-most-significant/
review_date: 2019-04-11T17:55:51Z
textual_rating: Tax experts mostly agree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sen. Kamala Harris says her LIFT plan would be “the most significant middle-class tax cut in generations."

title:
Kamala Harris calls her LIFT plan ‘the most significant middle-class tax cut in generations.’ Is it?


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts wrong about “cow fart tax”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!“

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/08/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-wrong-about-cow-fart-tax/


claimant: Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2017-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Did bankrupt Trump golf course in Puerto Rico leave taxpayers on the hook?
review_date: 2017-05-04T20:25:10Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump’s "golf course on the island defaulted, like so many of his other failed business schemes. The failure left Puerto Rican taxpayers with a nearly $33 million bill."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/04/florida-democratic-party/did-bankrupt-trump-golf-course-puerto-rico-leave-t/


text: Ed Gillespie “would not mention (Donald Trump’s) name unless he was condemning him.”
claimant: Corey Stewart
claim_date: 2016-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Corey Stewart stretches Ed Gillespie's statements on Donald Trump
review_date: 2016-11-22T16:11:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/21/corey-stewart/corey-stewart-stretches-ed-gillespies-statements/


text: “Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's faulty claim that Biden wants to end school choice
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/17/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-biden-wants-end-school/


text: Says George Soros was arrested in Philadelphia for election interference.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-11-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, George Soros wasn’t arrested in Philadelphia for ‘election interference’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/23/blog-posting/no-george-soros-wasnt-arrested-philadelphia-electi/


claimant: Tom Malinowski
claim_date: 2018-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: An age claim in New Jersey leaves out something important about New Jersey
review_date: 2018-10-09T16:27:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says New Jersey U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance voted repeatedly "to let insurance companies charge more to people aged 50 and over."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/09/tom-malinowski/age-claim-new-jersey-leaves-out-something-importan/


text: Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote
claimant: Various media reports
claim_date: 2019-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: NC Democrats not at 9/11 event during GOP budget vote
review_date: 2019-09-17T20:19:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/17/various-media-reports/nc-democrats-not-911-event-during-gop-budget-vote/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Raul Castro snubbed Barack Obama at airport, and that it's 'without precedent'
review_date: 2016-04-28T21:07:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-raul-castro-snubbed-barack-obama/


text: "Pope Francis at Mass: ‘Jesus is Metaphorical, Not Literal."
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2017-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Pope Francis said Jesus is metaphorical
review_date: 2017-11-22T16:49:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/22/yournewswirecom/no-proof-pope-francis-said-jesus-metaphorical/


text: "Revealed: UN plan to flood America with 600 million migrants."
claimant: Infowars
claim_date: 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading Infowars story says UN plans to 'flood America with 600 million migrants'
review_date: 2018-08-01T17:14:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/01/infowars/misleading-infowars-story-says-un-plans-flood-amer/


claimant: Weston David Pagano
claim_date: 2019-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking an attack on Joe Biden about immigration deportation, detention votes
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/12/weston-pagano/fact-checking-attack-joe-biden-about-immigration-d/


claimant: Ryan Fournier
claim_date: 2020-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative pundits share false claim about Black Lives Matter, ActBlue
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“All money donated to Black Lives Matter goes directly to Act Blue, a Democrat Super PAC that then feeds the money to Democrat candidates.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/ryan-fournier/conservative-pundits-share-false-claim-about-black/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: How much CO2 did Bezos’ rocket ride release? Close to zero
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/20/tweets/how-much-co2-did-bezos-rocket-ride-release-close-z/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire! Trump tweet about White House, Russian hacking probe
review_date: 2016-12-15T23:03:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/15/donald-trump/pants-fire-trump-tweet-about-russian-hacking-probe/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t quit your jobs, Brits. Supposed BBC News video about Elon Musk project was altered
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
BBC News reported that British residents “no longer need to work” thanks to an investment project from Elon Musk.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/11/facebook-posts/dont-quit-your-jobs-brits-supposed-bbc-news-video/


claimant: Hakeem Jeffries
claim_date: 2023-03-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/30/ask-politifact-is-hakeem-jeffries-right-about-the/
title: Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning?
textual_rating: GOP votes provide evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Extreme MAGA Republicans want to ban books” on the Holocaust, Martin Luther King Jr., the LGBTQ journey, “Roberto Clemente and baseball" and the Native American experience.


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Winston Churchill didn't say this quote about age
review_date: 2019-03-08T17:17:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/08/viral-image/no-winston-churchill-didnt-say-quote-about-age/


claimant: Joe Kernen
claim_date: 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: CNBC’s Joe Kernen wrong about US per capita COVID-19 deaths
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/28/joe-kernen/cnbcs-joe-kernen-wrong-about-us-capita-covid-19-de/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy's False claim on Obamacare sign-ups
review_date: 2017-07-22T00:20:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/21/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthys-false-claim-obamacare-sign-ups/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: An Italian journalist’s comments have been misattributed to French President Emmanuel Macron
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Emmanuel Macron said, “I no longer have any intention of sacrificing my life, my time, my freedom and the adolescence of my daughters, as well as their right to study properly, for those who refuse to be vaccinated.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/29/viral-image/italian-journalists-comments-have-been-misattribut/


claimant: AJUANews.com
claim_date: 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news site republishes hoax story about Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and Medicare
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar vowed "to remove senior’s ‘entitlements,’ Social Security/Medicare."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/02/blog-posting/fake-news-site-republishes-satirical-story-about-o/


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: 2018-07-12T18:48:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."


claimant: Donald trump
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump misleads on US defense spending, NATO budget
review_date: 2018-07-12T18:48:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/12/donald-trump/donald-trump-misleads-us-defense-spending-nato-bud/


text: Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy.
claimant: Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain
claim_date: 2008-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: 'Songbird John' McCain? No evidence McCain helped enemy in Vietnam
review_date: 2018-05-10T19:53:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2008/jan/17/vietnam-veterans-against-john-mccain/no-evidence-mccain-was-a-traitor/


text: “We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”
claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Grothman miscalculates with claim of ‘largest surge of migrants’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/12/glenn-grothman/grothman-miscalculates-claim-largest-surge-migrant/


text: Says President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: HBCUs likely to get smaller boost in federal funds, but that isn’t a $30 billion cut
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/07/viral-image/hbcus-likely-get-smaller-boost-federal-funds-isnt-/


text: Statistically, law-enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than the general population.
claimant: Robert Barber
claim_date: 2014-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Retired police captain says law enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than most people
review_date: 2016-07-08T03:36:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/aug/14/robert-barber/retired-police-captain-says-law-enforcement-office/


text: Says a photo shows armed soldiers protecting Joe Biden’s inauguration.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking post claiming to show picture of armed soldiers protecting inauguration
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/16/facebook-posts/fact-checking-post-claiming-show-picture-armed-sol/


claimant: Rob Portman
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Portman, Strickland duel over who's richer
review_date: 2016-10-20T21:42:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/rob-portman/portman-strickland-duel-over-whos-richer/


text: Photo shows “a German mall separating the vaccinated and unvaccinated.”
claimant: vira
claim_date: 2021-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of a German mall separating vaccinated and unvaccinated shoppers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/08/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-german-mall-separating-vaccinated-an/


text: “Wife of Pfizer’s CEO dies after complications from the vaccine.”
claimant: Conservative Beaver
claim_date: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Pfizer CEO’s wife is ‘alive and well’; she did not die of vaccine complications
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/15/conservative-beaver/pfizer-ceos-wife-alive-and-well-she-did-not-die-va/


text: Children ages 5 to 9 “are not affected by” the coronavirus.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 far less dangerous to kids, but wrong to say they ‘are not affected’
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/facebook-posts/covid-19-far-less-dangerous-kids-wrong-say-they-ar/


text: "Obama admits he is not a citizen."
claimant: Chain email
claim_date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: YouTube video purporting to show Obama admitting he is not a U.S. citizen far from the truth
review_date: 2016-06-04T18:35:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/aug/05/chain-email/e-mail-sends-readers-youtube-video-where-obama-adm/


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: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’re putting a lot of manufacturing jobs to work that the previous administration said you’d need a magic wand."


text: Says Nancy Pelosi and Beto O’Rourke were photographed with El Chapo.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image falsely identifies U.S. congressman as El Chapo
review_date: 2019-02-06T19:16:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/06/viral-image/viral-image-falsely-identifies-us-congressman-el-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/21/all-182-donald-trump-fact-checks/
title: All 182 Donald Trump fact-checks
review_date: 2016-06-24T16:00:23Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion. Now, she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no — there's nothing out there."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: What do we know about Hillary Clinton's religion? A lot, actually
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:14:40Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion. Now, she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no — there's nothing out there."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/24/donald-trump/what-do-we-know-about-hillary-clintons-religion-lo/


claimant: Scott Jones
claim_date: 2016-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Hazy data makes Colorado marijuana claim by Scott Jones Half True
review_date: 2016-10-20T00:23:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Colorado saw "increased incidents of emergency room visits by young people" and "increased incidents of driving while under the influence of marijuana" following the legalization of recreational pot.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/19/scott-jones/hazy-data-make-colorado-marijuana-claim-half-true/


text: “(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.”
claimant: Hakeem Jeffries
claim_date: 2023-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Did Donald Trump rack up more debt than any other president?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/22/hakeem-jeffries/did-donald-trump-rack-up-more-debt-than-any-other/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/06/why-its-hard-estimate-coronavirus-death-rate-early/
title: Why it’s hard to estimate the coronavirus death rate this early
textual_rating: Hard to estimate early
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I think the 3.4% is really a false number. Now, this is just my hunch … Personally, I would say the number is way under 1%”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/10/fact-checking-6-claims-in-joe-bidens-budget-speech/
title: Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
review_date: 2023-03-10T21:25:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Studies show that children who go to preschool "increase by nearly 50 percent the likelihood that they’ll finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter what their background is."


claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-06-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/01/kirsten-gillibrand-sexual-misconduct-al-franken/
title: The facts behind Kirsten Gillibrand’s comments on Al Franken and sexual misconduct
textual_rating: Claim has notable support
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Then-Sen. Al Franken "was accused credibly by eight women of groping and forceable kissing. All were corroborated in real time. Two of them were since he was a senator. And the last one that came to light was a congressional staffer."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump credited with saving 1995 Veterans Day parade in NYC with contribution, but didn’t fund event
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/17/facebook-posts/rump-credited-saving-1995-veterans-day-parade-nyc-/


text: “666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: Biden mischaracterizes teacher layoffs from pandemic
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/20/joe-biden/biden-mischaracterizes-teacher-layoffs-pandemic/


text: "Maxine Waters Is Getting Criminally Charged!"
claimant: ConservativePost.com
claim_date: 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Maxine Waters is not facing criminal charges
review_date: 2018-06-29T18:21:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/29/blog-posting/loomer-maxine-waters-not-facing-criminal-charges/


text: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is 42% effective leaves out key details
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/17/instagram-posts/claim-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-42-effective-leaves-/


text: A Michigan funeral home employee was “cremated by mistake while taking a nap.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Story about accidentally cremated funeral home worker is still false
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/story-about-accidentally-cremated-funeral-home-wor/


text: Challenger mostly on target with claim that Paul Ryan has gone 600 days without a town hall meeting
claimant: Randy Bryce
claim_date: 2017-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Challenger mostly on target with claim that Paul Ryan has gone 600 days without a town hall meeting
review_date: 2017-07-24T16:10:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/21/randy-bryce/challenger-target-claim-paul-ryan-has-gone-600-day/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: New York Times photo error provokes social media criticism on Gaza child
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The New York Times published an old stock photo of a young girl and claimed Israeli forces killed her during its recent war with Hamas.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/03/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claim-new-york-times-used-wrong-phot/


text: “Wisconsin found 112k votes at 3am.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post falsely claims Wisconsin 'found' 112,000 votes at 3 a.m.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/facebook-posts/social-media-post-falsely-claims-wisconsin-found-1/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris gets it mostly right on America’s rapid growth of student loan debt
review_date: 2019-03-21T23:54:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"College debt has increased 170 percent since 2006 and now exceeds $1.5 trillion dollars, which is second only to mortgage debt and surpasses even credit card debt."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/21/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-gets-it-mostly-right-americas-rapid-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump takes credit for gains against ISIS but there's more to the story
review_date: 2017-10-26T22:19:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have done more in eight months than the previous administration has done in many years" against ISIS.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/26/donald-trump/trump-takes-full-credit-gains-against-isis/


text: "OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, OSHA does not say that 'masks don’t work' against COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/25/facebook-posts/no-osha-does-not-say-masks-dont-work-against-covid/


claimant: John Chiang
claim_date: 2018-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Do a majority of Americans live in states with legal marijuana?
review_date: 2018-04-20T01:20:59Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/20/john-chiang/do-majority-americans-live-states-legal-marijuana/


text: "NYC mayor plans to track and limit meat and dairy."
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: New York mayor has beef with carbon emissions, but isn’t tracking or limiting city’s meat eaters
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/25/instagram-posts/new-york-mayor-has-beef-with-carbon-emissions-but/


text: There "are not cuts to Medicaid" in the GOP health care proposals.
claimant: Kellyanne Conway
claim_date: 2017-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Kellyanne Conway's Mostly False claim that GOP bill doesn't cut Medicaid
review_date: 2017-06-26T22:17:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/26/kellyanne-conway/does-senate-health-care-bill-cut-medicaid/


text: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Biden’s claim that raising debt limit is usually bipartisan
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/06/joe-biden/fact-checking-bidens-claim-raising-debt-limit-usua/


text: A photo shows Jeffrey Epstein with four boys on a beach.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Image of Jeffrey Epstein, boys was posted on an artificial intelligence art account
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/11/tweets/image-jeffrey-epstein-boys-was-posted-artificial-i/


claimant: Khizr Khan
claim_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/28/fact-checking-hillary-clintons-acceptance-democrat/
title: Fact-checking Hillary Clinton's acceptance of the Democratic nomination
review_date: 2016-07-29T06:27:22Z
textual_rating: Read about his son
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Donald Trump, you are asking Americans to trust you with our future. Let me ask you: Have you even read the U.S. Constitution?"


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Vote count changes after polls closed in Georgia aren’t evidence of election fraud
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Early vote counts after the polls closed in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff are evidence of election fraud.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/13/instagram-posts/vote-count-changes-after-polls-closed-in-georgia-a/


text: "What the facts say" is ... "the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad."
claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2016-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: GOP chair wrongly claims 'facts' show children do better with straight parents
review_date: 2016-07-17T20:29:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/17/reince-priebus/gop-chair-wrongly-claims-facts-show-children-do-be/


text: Video shows Hillary Clinton being arrested.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of Hillary Clinton getting arrested
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-this-isnt-a-video-of-hillary-clinton-getting-ar/


claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Jared Golden does not want to use Social Security funds to pay for other programs
review_date: 2018-11-02T21:35:32Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Maine Democrat Jared Golden "supports using your Social Security to fund other government programs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/02/national-republican-congressional-committee/nrcc-ad-way-saying-jared-golden-wants-take-away-so/


text: David Hogg graduated from Redondo Shores High School in 2015.
claimant: Laguna Beach Antifa
claim_date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, David Hogg didn’t graduate from a California high school in 2015
review_date: 2018-03-30T15:15:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/30/blog-posting/no-david-hogg-graduate-california-high-school/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Meme mischaracterizes Chuck Schumer's record on border security funding
review_date: 2019-01-03T14:42:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2014 "helped put together and signed a $25 billion deal to fund a border wall" and now opposes Trump's $5 billion request for a border wall "just because he's a Republican."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/20/blog-posting/meme-mischaracterizes-chuck-schumers-record-border/


text: Zoo animals were released during protests in Chicago.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, these aren’t Lincoln Park Zoo animals loose in Chicago
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/02/viral-image/no-these-arent-lincoln-park-zoo-animals-loose-chic/


text: Says the national heath care reform is "a government takeover of health care."
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie slams health care reform as “a government takeover of health care”
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:49:53Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/oct/23/chris-christie/chris-christie-slams-health-care-reform-government/


text: “Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence of azidothymidine, or AZT, killing ‘hundreds of thousands’ of people
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/09/instagram-posts/no-evidence-of-azidothymidine-or-azt-killing-hundr/


claimant: Kelda Helen Roys
claim_date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Debt payments for Wisconsin road work have doubled under Scott Walker, Democrat Kelda Roys says
review_date: 2018-06-13T21:38:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/11/kelda-helen-roys/debt-payments-wisconsin-road-work-have-doubled-und/


claimant: Cory Gardner
claim_date: 2017-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: How many released Guantanamo Bay prisoners commit new terrorist acts?
review_date: 2017-01-25T22:53:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/25/cory-gardner/how-many-released-guantanamo-bay-prisoners-commit-/


text: An image shows that “following his resignation, Boris Johnson has escaped to the sea.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Boris Johnson didn’t go swimming after his resignation. This viral image is outdated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/08/tweets/no-boris-johnson-didnt-go-swimming-after-his-resig/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine said Trump ticket wants to deport 16 million, end birthright citizenship
review_date: 2016-10-07T15:48:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/07/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-said-trump-ticket-wants-deport-16-millio/


text: "Donald Trump dead from a fatal heart attack!"
claimant: TheNewYorkEvening.com
claim_date: 2016-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: News of Trump's death as fake as his WrestleMania 23 appearance
review_date: 2017-01-05T15:11:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/04/thenewyorkeveningcom/news-trumps-death-fake-his-wrestlemania-appearance/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's claim on GDP growth: Historic, yes. Surprise, no
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Nobody's ever seen a number like this… (33.1%) economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-gdp-growth-was-historic-beat-pre/


text: Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: The Biden administration is trying to buy less lithium from China, not more
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/facebook-posts/biden-administration-trying-buy-less-lithium-china/


claimant: Doug Jones
claim_date: 2017-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Does Roy Moore want to end Medicaid and Medicare, as his Democratic opponent claims?
review_date: 2017-10-26T21:17:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Roy Moore "has advocated getting the federal government out of health care altogether, which means doing away with Medicaid, which means doing away with Medicare."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/26/doug-jones/does-roy-moore-want-end-medicaid-and-medicare-his-/


text: “Rocks being dropped off in cages in LA for rioters. Compliments of George Soros.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows security barriers, not rocks George Soros supplied for rioters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/02/viral-image/photo-shows-security-barriers-not-rocks-george-sor/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely claims Obama policies to blame for growth of MS-13 gang in the U.S.
review_date: 2017-04-18T20:39:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/18/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-obama-policies-blame-growth-m/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#8)
review_date: 2017-04-21T10:54:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
“The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!”

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/21/what-trump-got-wrong-on-twitter-this-week-8/


text: “Santa Claus arrested by German police for not wearing a mask.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, German police didn’t arrest Santa for not wearing a mask
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/17/blog-posting/no-german-police-didnt-arrest-santa-not-wearing-ma/


claimant: Paul Manafort
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/19/fact-checking-second-night-2016-republican-nationa/
title: Fact-checking the second night of the 2016 Republican National Convention
review_date: 2016-07-19T23:57:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Clinton camp was the first to get it out there and try to say there was something untoward about the speech that Melania Trump gave."


claimant: Paul Manafort
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump campaign chair pins Melania plagiarism story on Hillary Clinton's campaign
review_date: 2016-07-20T00:01:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Clinton camp was the first to get it out there and try to say there was something untoward about the speech that Melania Trump gave."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/paul-manafort/trump-campaign-chair-pins-melania-plagiarism-story/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook video edits Joe Biden’s comments on running for Senate, president
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden said, “You know, we have to come together. That’s why I’m running. I’m running as a proud Democrat for the Senate. So vote! Vote!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/14/facebook-posts/facebook-video-edits-joe-bidens-comments-running-s/


claimant: Greater Wisconsin Committee
claim_date: 2018-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Hitting back, group defends Dem governor candidate Tony Evers in handling of teacher porn case
review_date: 2018-08-29T16:55:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When the law stopped Tony Evers from revoking a teacher's license for viewing pornography, Tony worked with lawmakers from both parties to change the law so offenders could be kicked out of the classroom."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/29/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/hitting-back-group-defends-dem-governor-candidate-/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Social media users push evidence-free claim that Joe Biden repeated instructions from earpiece
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Biden saying “salute the Marines” after hearing the words in an earpiece before his inauguration.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/22/tweets/social-media-users-push-evidence-free-claim-joe-bi/


claimant: Jared Kushner
claim_date: 2017-07-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/feb/26/three-questions-could-entangle-jared-kushners-secu/
title: Jared Kushner appears to have misled Congress about his security clearance
review_date: 2019-02-26T23:47:35Z
textual_rating: Raises doubts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I provided a list of those contacts in the normal course, (...) prior to any inquiries or media reports about my form."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Dominion Voting System flipped votes to Joe Biden in states where Trump is bringing legal challenges.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/13/facebook-posts/no-evidence-dominion-voting-systems-caused-widespr/

title:
No evidence Dominion Voting Systems caused widespread tabulation errors that flipped votes for Biden


claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia's David Perdue wrong saying more businesses closed in 2015 than opened
review_date: 2016-06-06T14:21:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"More businesses went out of business last year than were started for the first time in our history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/03/david-perdue/sen-perdue-uses-bad-history-business-birthdeath-tr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, pre-chopped onions are not ‘poisonous’ the next day as old myth claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says pre-cut onion used to cook the following day "becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/16/facebook-posts/no-pre-chopped-onions-are-not-poisonous-next-day-o/


text: Says President Donald Trump "has given more financial disclosure than anybody else."
claimant: Steve Mnuchin
claim_date: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Has Trump ‘given more financial disclosure than anybody else?'
review_date: 2017-04-27T17:38:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/steve-mnuchin/no-trump-has-not-given-more-financial-disclosure-a/


claimant: Reinvent Albany
claim_date: 2023-03-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/may/03/how-much-of-an-economic-impact-do-film-and-tv-prod/
title: How much economic impact do film and TV production tax credits yield for states?
textual_rating: Studies bolster skepticism
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There is substantial evidence from across the country that film/TV tax credits do not create the promised economic effects on jobs, incomes, or economic growth."


claimant: Chris Cox
claim_date: 2017-10-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/10/fact-checking-nras-talking-points-after-las-vegas/
title: Fact-checking the NRA's response to proposed gun laws after Las Vegas
review_date: 2017-10-10T22:00:49Z
textual_rating: Mixed results
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Congress banned semi-automatics and high-capacity magazines for 10 years. And Bill Clinton's own Justice Department said it had no impact on crime.”


text: “Canada prohibits all vaxxed pilots from flying.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Canada isn’t banning pilots from flying if they get a COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/21/blog-posting/no-canada-isnt-banning-pilots-flying-if-they-get-c/


claimant: Mike McCabe
claim_date: 2017-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Richest 1 percent pay lowest rate of state and local taxes in Wisconsin?
review_date: 2017-06-06T18:32:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When you look at all the state and local taxes we pay in Wisconsin, the wealthiest 1 percent pay the lowest overall tax rate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/02/mike-mccabe/richest-1-percent-pay-lowest-rate-state-and-local/


text: "Hurricane Irma could be a Category 6 by the time it hits East Coast."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Hurricane Irma can't be a Category 6 storm
review_date: 2017-09-06T19:48:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/06/blog-posting/no-hurricane-irma-cant-be-category-6-storm/


text: “The military’s actually been in charge since November 3rd.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military hasn’t been in charge since the 2020 presidential election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/14/facebook-posts/no-military-hasnt-been-charge-2020-presidential-el/


text: "The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump exaggerates Michigan job losses from coal regulations
review_date: 2016-08-09T22:17:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-exaggerates-michigan-job-losses-coal-/


text: “Soldiers destroyed Russian tank with NLAW in ambush.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: This footage of soldiers destroying Russian tank isn’t real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/viral-image/footage-soldiers-destroying-russian-tank-isnt-real/


text: "If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."
claimant: John Patrick
claim_date: 2017-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Labor leader says minimum-wage workers with families easily qualify for 'food stamps'
review_date: 2017-02-11T00:26:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/11/john-patrick/labor-leader-says-minimum-wage-workers-families-ea/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Trump keeps saying Ron DeSantis opposed China tariffs, farmer bailout. The evidence isn't there
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/08/donald-trump/trump-keeps-saying-ron-desantis-opposed-china-tari/


text: A photo shows Ilhan Omar without a head scarf.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real photo of Ilhan Omar without a head scarf
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/viral-image/no-isnt-real-photo-ilhan-omar-without-head-scarf/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Fauci and FDA head didn’t say 40-50% of CDC, FDA staff refusing COVID shots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“About 40% to 50% of CDC, FDA employees are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to” Anthony Fauci and FDA’s Peter Marks.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/18/facebook-posts/no-fauci-and-fda-head-didnt-say-40-50-cdc-fda-staf/


claimant: Lawrence O'Donnell
claim_date: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/21/critics-say-trumps-who-funding-hold-violates-impou/
textual_rating: Trump likely has wiggle room
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Trump's withholding of $ for World Health Organization is illegal. It's exactly what he got impeached for."

title:
Critics say Trump’s WHO funding hold violates the Impoundment Control Act. Here’s what experts think


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely says federal debt was going down before the pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/19/donald-trump/trump-falsely-says-federal-debt-was-going-down-pan/


text: Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos."
claimant: Nicolle Wallace
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump didn't talk about exterminating Latinos
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/08/nicolle-wallace/no-trump-hasnt-talked-about-exterminating-latinos/


claimant: Tom Luce
claim_date: 2017-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Luce understates share of Texas students succeeding in education after high school
review_date: 2017-12-05T22:30:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/05/tom-luce/tom-luce-understates-share-texas-students-succeedi/


claimant: Don Blankenship
claim_date: 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Don Blankenship on Mitch McConnell and China
review_date: 2018-05-03T21:36:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/03/don-blankenship/fact-checking-don-blankenship-mitch-mcconnell-chin/


text: "Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says US is at the top globally in COVID-19 fight. It isn’t.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/18/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-us-top-globally-covid-19-fight-i/


text: "In 67 different ways, Governor McCrory has raised taxes on middle income families."
claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2016-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Roy Cooper says Pat McCrory raised taxes on the middle class 'in 67 different ways'
review_date: 2016-10-14T22:28:30Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/14/roy-cooper/roy-cooper-says-pat-mccrory-raised-taxes-middle-cl/


text: "Elizabeth Warren lied when she says I want to abolish the Federal Minimum Wage."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren gets better of Donald Trump on his stance on abolishing federal minimum wage
review_date: 2016-05-19T14:58:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-elizabeth-warren-lied-saying-he/


claimant: Kellyanne Conway
claim_date: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Kellyanne Conway misleads on name for COVID-19, says it’s ‘not COVID-1’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/kellyanne-conway/kellyanne-conway-misleads-name-covid-19-says-its-n/


text: Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on a couch with girls.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fabricated photo appears to show Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein with girls
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/18/viral-image/fabricated-photo-appears-to-show-donald-trump-jeff/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking whether Trump cut money to combat white nationalism
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/09/pete-buttigieg/fact-checking-whether-trump-cut-money-combat-white/


text: "There were slaves in 1845 who helped construct and build the Old Capitol."
claimant: Kionne McGhee
claim_date: 2018-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Did slaves help build the Old Capitol building in Tallahassee?
review_date: 2018-02-01T18:51:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/01/kionne-mcghee/did-slaves-help-build-old-capitol-building-tallaha/


claimant: Michael Screnock
claim_date: 2018-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Has Rebecca Dallet, candidate backed by liberals in Supreme Court race, advocated for policies?
review_date: 2018-03-21T17:16:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rebecca Dallet "has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/21/michael-screnock/has-rebecca-dallet-candidate-backed-liberals-supre/


text: Says a photo shows a gas-powered van towing a diesel generator that is charging an electric car.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, that’s not a van towing a diesel generator to charge an electric car
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/23/viral-image/no-s-not-van-towing-diesel-generator-charge-electr/


claimant: Mark Levin
claim_date: 2019-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims about the whistleblower’s legal team
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the whistleblower hired "left-wing lawyers, left-wing firms, Soros involved in funding all of them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/mark-levin/fact-checking-claims-about-whistleblowers-legal-te/


text: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.”
claimant: Gordon Hintz
claim_date: 2021-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, unemployment is not a 'fake' crisis in Wisconsin
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/gordon-hintz/no-unemployment-not-fake-crisis-wisconsin/


text: Donald Trump is “announcing tomorrow that the US is going into quarantine for the next 14 days.”
claimant: Chain message
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a chain message about a national quarantine on iMessage, WhatsApp
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/chain-message/fact-checking-chain-message-about-national-quarant/


claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Vivek Ramaswamy largely right on Ron DeSantis, Disney carve-out
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed “a last-minute exception into an anti-discrimination law for anyone who also operates a theme park more than 25 acres in Florida,” benefiting Walt Disney Co.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/04/vivek-ramaswamy/vivek-ramaswamy-is-largely-correct-about-ron-desan/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2018-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Is California No. 1 in solar power and solar jobs?
review_date: 2018-01-25T22:48:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/25/kamala-harris/california-no-1-solar-power-and-solar-jobs/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/apr/05/fact-checking-trumps-post-indictment-speech-at-mar/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s post-indictment speech at Mar-a-Lago about Stormy Daniels payment
review_date: 2023-04-05T04:10:09Z
textual_rating: This is inaccurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under the (Presidential Records) Act, I am supposed to negotiate with NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration."


text: "I have always condemned … any of these white supremacists or bigots or anything like that."
claimant: Corey Stewart
claim_date: 2018-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Corey Stewart's history with the far right, explained
review_date: 2018-06-20T16:27:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/20/corey-stewart/corey-stewarts-history-far-right-explained/


