# claims

text: The number of coronavirus deaths is “almost nothing.”
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2020-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump Jr. claims COVID-19 deaths at ‘almost nothing’ as U.S. reports 1,000 new deaths
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/30/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jr-claims-covid-19-deaths-almost-noth/


text: "Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: 43 million Americans on food stamps
review_date: 2016-07-22T04:06:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/22/donald-trump/trump-43-million-americans-food-stamps/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/31/fact-checking-democratic-debate-detroit-night-two/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two
review_date: 2019-08-01T04:04:34Z
textual_rating: Not the full story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Justice Department came after you for saying you were engaging in behavior that was inappropriate, and then in fact nothing happened, the entire time you were mayor."


claimant: Ryan Sitton
claim_date: 2017-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Ryan Sitton inaccurately says 12 million people left without homes by Hurricane Harvey
review_date: 2017-12-08T21:46:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/08/ryan-sitton/ryan-sitton-errantly-says-12-million-people-left-w/


text: Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, these FiveThirtyEight graphs don’t prove voter fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/viral-image/no-these-fivethirtyeight-graphs-dont-prove-voter-f/


text: Republicans have " won a thousand seats since Obamacare."
claimant: Sean Duffy
claim_date: 2017-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Duffy on track on claim of 1,000-seat pickup by GOP since Obamacare
review_date: 2017-07-27T15:52:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/sean-duffy/duffy-track-claim-1000-seat-pickup-gop-obamacare/


claimant: Kelda Helen Roys
claim_date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: On the environment, is Scott Walker 'gagging' scientists and letting 'polluters' write permits?
review_date: 2018-07-27T14:34:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "political interference" from Scott Walker’s administration has led to "gagging (DNR) scientists so they can no longer comment on proposed legislation" and "we’re letting polluters write their own permits."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/27/kelda-helen-roys/governor-hopeful-kelda-roys-says-walker-administra/


text: "White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."
claimant: Newsweek
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Are white males responsible for more mass shootings than any other group?
review_date: 2017-10-06T13:56:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/06/newsweek/are-white-males-responsible-more-mass-shootings-an/


text: CNN tweeted a picture of a Serbian resort and said it was in Ukraine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Supposed CNN tweet about hotel is altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/25/viral-image/supposed-cnn-tweet-about-hotel-altered/


text: Darling "Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions."
claimant: Alberta Darling
claim_date: 2018-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Wisconsin Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions because they voted against a GOP bill?
review_date: 2019-01-02T23:15:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/18/alberta-darling/did-wisconsin-democrats-flip-flop-pre-existing-con/


claimant: Cameron Sexton
claim_date: 2023-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Why it’s wrong to call the Tennessee state representatives insurrectionists
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/13/cameron-sexton/why-its-ridiculous-to-compare-the-tennessee-repres/


text: Coronavirus patients are being "cremated alive" in China.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Chinese billionaire floats conspiracy about coronavirus victim cremation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/26/facebook-posts/chinese-billionaire-floats-conspiracy-about-corona/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Bells in France, fireworks in London weren’t celebrating Joe Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Church bells rang in Paris and fireworks were set off in London to celebrate Joe Biden’s presidential win.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/11/facebook-posts/bells-france-fireworks-london-werent-celebrating-j/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-04-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/17/fact-checking-bernie-sanders-town-hall-fox-news/
title: Fact-checking the Bernie Sanders town hall on Fox News
review_date: 2019-04-17T20:58:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You have a situation now (since Trump took office) where 7 million more people lack health insurance that used to have it."


text: “David Perdue says he'll do everything in his power to make sure Joe Biden fails.”
claimant: Jon Ossoff
claim_date: 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: David Perdue opposes Biden but didn’t say he’d do everything to ensure he fails
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/20/jon-ossoff/david-perdue-opposes-biden-didnt-say-hed-do-everyt/


text: Says Joe Biden confused his son and his grandson.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Despite what video implies, Joe Biden didn’t confuse son with grandson
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/17/tiktok-posts/despite-what-tiktok-video-implies-joe-biden-didnt-/


text: Donald Trump "rooted for the housing crisis, because he knew he could make money off of it."
claimant: Scott Peters
claim_date: 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Congressman repeats Mostly True claim: Donald Trump ‘rooted for the housing crisis’
review_date: 2016-07-20T23:11:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/20/scott-peters/ca-congressman-repeats-mostly-true-critique-donald/


claimant: Georgia Gun Owners
claim_date: 2022-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams are not communists, nor trying to take guns from all Georgians
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/03/georgia-gun-owners/raphael-warnock-stacey-abrams-are-not-communists-n/


text: Says his supporters were “protecting” Joe Biden’s campaign bus in Texas.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump’s claim that his supporters were ‘protecting’ Biden’s campaign bus in Texas
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/02/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-his-supporters-were-pro/


text: Brazil’s presidential election was “stolen.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Brazil’s presidential election wasn’t stolen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/04/instagram-posts/brazils-presidential-election-wasnt-stolen/


text: “Cannabis may stop coronavirus from infecting people, study finds.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Might cannabis prevent COVID-19? Preliminary study provides only scant evidence
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/18/facebook-posts/fact-checking-whether-cannabis-may-prevent-covid-1/


text: “JAG charges Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military didn’t charge Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/12/viral-image/no-the-military-didnt-charge-nancy-pelosi-with-tre/


text: "In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."
claimant: Tom McClintock
claim_date: 2019-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Tom McClintock distorts number of homicides by undocumented immigrants
review_date: 2019-02-21T19:20:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/20/tom-mcclintock/rep-tom-mcclintock-distorts-number-homicides-undoc/


text: Photo shows Bernie Sanders at the 1969 Stonewall riots.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: This isn’t a photo of Bernie Sanders at Stonewall
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/18/instagram-posts/isnt-photo-bernie-sanders-stonewall/


text: A photo of Pete Buttigieg in a military uniform was staged.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Another claim questioning Pete Buttigieg’s military service is wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/facebook-posts/another-claim-questioning-pete-buttigiegs-military/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Did Eisenhower say a military parade would make U.S. look weak? Not in so many words
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/03/viral-image/did-eisenhower-say-military-parade-would-make-us-l/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2017-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio says Florida mandates coverage of more conditions than Obamacare
review_date: 2017-07-27T18:41:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-florida-mandates-coverage-more-co/


claimant: Lee Camp
claim_date: 2016-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Did Hillary Clinton's State Department help suppress the minimum wage in Haiti?
review_date: 2016-04-21T19:10:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/21/lee-camp/did-hillary-clintons-state-department-help-suppres/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, payments to dairy farmers have dropped even as retail milk prices rise
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“(Retail) milk has gone up 7.5% since this time last year. The price farmers are paid has dropped 23%.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/15/facebook-posts/yes-payments-dairy-farmers-have-dropped-even-retai/


text: "Donald Trump performed better than any presidential nominee since Gerald Ford."
claimant: Nick Langworthy
claim_date: 2016-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Trump performed best in Erie County since Reagan
review_date: 2017-01-06T13:38:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/06/nicholas-langworthy/trump-performed-best-erie-county-reagan/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/nov/12/context-joe-bidens-negro-reference-baseball-player/
title: In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige
textual_rating: Missing context.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Joe Biden referring to Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige as ‘the great negro at the time’ sounds just as terrible as you'd think it would. YIKES."


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton blames high-up Russians for WikiLeaks releases
review_date: 2016-10-20T03:20:05Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-blames-russia-putin-wikileaks-rele/


claimant: Richard Durbin
claim_date: 2017-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Durbin on target about the location and causes of Chicago gun violence
review_date: 2017-02-23T23:07:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation, economically and otherwise."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/23/richard-durbin/Durbin-right-about-geography-of-Chicago-violence/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Cartoon misleads about voter eligibility under HR 1
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/10/facebook-posts/cartoon-misleads-about-voter-eligibility-under-hr-/


text: Says Rick Scott "stripped women of access to public health care."
claimant: Rick Scott's Starbuck's heckler
claim_date: 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Gov. Rick Scott really cut access to women's health care, as Starbucks woman says?
review_date: 2016-05-11T16:43:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/06/rick-scotts-starbucks-heckler/did-gov-rick-scott-really-cut-access-womens-health/


text: California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."
claimant: Antonio Villaraigosa
claim_date: 2018-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Villaraigosa neglects key facts in claim single-payer ‘forces seniors off Medicare’
review_date: 2018-03-09T00:27:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/08/antonio-villaraigosa/villaraigosas-claim-sb-562-will-force-seniors-medi/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Pfizer’s $2.3 billion settlement was not related to COVID-19 vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion in a health care fraud settlement involving COVID-19 vaccines.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/12/instagram-posts/pfizers-23-billion-settlement-was-not-related-to-c/


text: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show a frozen USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/16/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-frozen-uss-al-gore-global-war/


text: A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: This photo shows Red Cross women arriving in France — but not on D-Day
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/07/viral-image/photo-shows-red-cross-women-arriving-france-not-d-/


claimant: Mick Mulvaney
claim_date: 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Mulvaney wrong that Donald Trump won't profit from choosing Trump resort to host G-7
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "will not be profiting" from the G-7 summit meeting to be held at Trump’s Doral resort.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/18/mick-mulvaney/mulvaney-wrong-donald-trump-wont-profit-g7/


text: Photo shows Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has a body double.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show a John Fetterman body double. Here’s why.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/27/facebook-posts/no-this-photo-doesnt-show-a-john-fetterman-body-do/


text: Bill Murray said "The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Murray isn't serving up tax advice with that ice cream
review_date: 2019-01-22T18:23:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/22/viral-image/no-bill-murray-isnt-serving-tax-advice-ice-cream/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Mass shooter complained of racism at work, but noose incident occurred 5 years earlier
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/05/facebook-posts/mass-shooter-complained-racism-work-noose-incident/


text: COVID-19 came to the United States in 2019.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Americans were infected with COVID-19 in the fall
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/facebook-posts/no-evidence-americans-were-infected-covid-19-fall/


text: Says photos show Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice posing with Osama bin Laden.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for these altered images of Obama, Clinton and Rice with bin Laden
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/dont-fall-these-altered-images-obama-clinton-and-r/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a misleading post on ID requirements for buying guns, voting
review_date: 2018-02-22T21:02:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/22/viral-image/fact-checking-meme-id-requirements-buying-guns-vot/


claimant: Ruben Gallego
claim_date: 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona Rep: The cost of 2 National Guard border arrests would help a homeless vet for a year
review_date: 2018-04-05T20:41:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For what it would cost the (National) Guard to make just two arrests at the border, we could give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/05/ruben-gallego/arizona-rep-cost-2-national-guard-border-arrests-w/


text: "#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2018-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio says Broward elections office has history of breaking the law
review_date: 2018-11-12T20:27:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/12/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-broward-elections-office-has-hist/


claimant: Richard Cordray
claim_date: 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does Ohio's Mike DeWine want to get rid of pre-existing condition coverage?
review_date: 2018-10-04T14:41:27Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Mike DeWine wanted to allow insurance companies to refuse to pay for pre-existing conditions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/04/richard-cordray/does-ohios-mike-dewine-want-get-rid-pre-existing-c/


claimant: Tina Smith
claim_date: 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Do women get only 80 percent of the pay men do for the same job?
review_date: 2018-04-13T16:49:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/13/tina-smith/do-women-get-only-80-percent-pay-men-do-same-job/


claimant: Ohio Democratic Party
claim_date: 2016-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio Democratic Party bashes John Kasich's 'costly campaign'
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his "costly campaign."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/19/ohio-democratic-party/ohio-democratic-party-bashes-john-kasichs-costly-c/


text: A woman died mysteriously after reporting on Robert Mueller destroying text messages.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracists falsely suggest U.S. reporter’s sudden death was linked to a story
review_date: 2019-01-07T21:02:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/07/blog-posting/conspiracists-falsely-suggest-us-reporters-sudden-/


text: Says the NIH “15 years ago published a study on chloroquine. It is effective against COVID-(1).”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: 2005 chloroquine study had nothing to do with COVID-19 and the drug wasn’t given to humans
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/29/facebook-posts/2005-chloroquine-study-had-nothing-do-covid-19-and/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Meme incorrectly attributes Winston Churchill for quote on Muslims and minority rights
review_date: 2018-12-20T22:08:12Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Winston Churchill as saying, "When Muslims are the minority they are concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/20/blog-posting/meme-incorrectly-attributes-winston-churchill-quot/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/06/speech-analyzer-donald-trumps-independence-day-wee/
title: The Independence Day speech analyzer: Donald Trump’s weekend addresses
review_date: 2020-07-06T22:40:30Z
textual_rating: Experts see few gains
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The power of tariffs being imposed on foreign lands that took advantage of the United States for decades and decades have enabled us to make great trade deals where there were none."


claimant: Patty Murray
claim_date: 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Does detaining an immigrant for a year cost 4 times federal spending on a child in public school?
review_date: 2018-05-11T18:42:34Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/11/patty-murray/does-detaining-immigrant-year-cost-4-times-federal/


text: Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died from a COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post claims without evidence Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died from COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/facebook-posts/social-media-post-claims-without-evidence-foo-figh/


claimant: Occupy Democrats
claim_date: 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Josh Mandel photoshopped his face onto body of Black Marine for campaign ad
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Josh Mandel doctored an image in a campaign ad but "forgot to Photoshop the hands that clearly show he put his face on the body of a Black soldier."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/07/occupy-democrats/no-evidence-josh-mandel-photoshopped-picture-black/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: What a Kushner-linked company has to do with coronavirus testing
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/23/facebook-posts/what-kushner-linked-company-has-do-coronavirus-tes/


text: “These are real to date pictures taken during the Million (MAGA) March 2020.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Photos show a Cleveland Cavaliers parade and the Women’s March — not the Million MAGA March
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/17/facebook-posts/photos-show-cleveland-cavaliers-parade-and-womens-/


claimant: Susan Collins
claim_date: 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: In key US Senate race, Susan Collins’ attack on rival over COVID program partly correct
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/susan-collins/key-us-senate-race-susan-collins-attack-rival-over/


text: Says Mark Kelly took to space a “Chinese communist banner.”
claimant: Martha McSally
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Mark Kelly did not take a Chinese communist banner to space
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/martha-mcsally/mark-kelly-did-not-take-chinese-communist-banner-s/


text: Four players have dropped out of the Australian Open with “chest pains.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, tennis players haven’t dropped out of the Australian Open due to chest pains
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/21/viral-image/no-tennis-players-havent-dropped-out-australian-op/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden gets history wrong on the Second Amendment limiting gun ownership
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-gets-history-wrong-second-amendment-limi/


claimant: Richard Ojeda
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Have more died from opioids in two years than in Vietnam War?
review_date: 2018-11-15T19:00:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/15/richard-ojeda/have-more-died-opioids-two-years-vietnam-war/


text: "Red Crescent Says No Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma."
claimant: Antiwar.com
claim_date: 2018-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Syrian Red Crescent did NOT deny chemical attack in Douma, Syria
review_date: 2018-04-13T18:46:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/13/antiwarcom/syrian-red-crescent-did-not-deny-chemical-attack-d/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump makes some interesting claims about Wisconsin's Republican voting history
review_date: 2018-06-30T19:53:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin "hadn’t been won by a Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1952. And I won Wisconsin. … Ronald Reagan, remember, Wisconsin was the state that Ronald Reagan did not win."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/29/donald-trump/president-trump-makes-some-interesting-claims-abou/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/dec/09/context-joe-bidens-fair-share-comments-gas-prices/
title: In context: Joe Biden’s ‘fair share’ comments on gas prices
textual_rating: Trimmed quote, missing context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden said, "We’re going to keep at it to ensure the American people are paying their fair share for gas."


claimant: Ken Cuccinelli
claim_date: 2019-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim about number of immigrants becoming citizens under Trump
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Last year, we were in the range of 850,000 and that was the most in five years. … We are letting more people become citizens than has happened in years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/11/ken-cuccinelli/fact-checking-claim-about-number-immigrants-becomi/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-07-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jul/21/are-there-28-new-restrictive-voting-laws-not-exact/
title: Are there 28 new, restrictive voting laws? Not exactly
textual_rating: Not all equally restrictive
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This year alone, 17 states have enacted — not just proposed, but enacted — 28 new laws to make it harder for Americans to vote."


claimant: Julian Castro
claim_date: 2019-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Julian Castro’s attack on Joe Biden for forgetting his health care plan falls flat
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/julian-castro/julian-castro-attack-joe-bidens-health-plan-falls-/


text: In Detroit, “people are showing up to vote only to be told, ‘sorry, you have already voted.’”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/09/donald-trump/detroit-voters-were-not-told-polls-they-had-alread/


text: Ranked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Why Trump is wrong to call Alaska’s ranked choice voting 'rigged'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/22/donald-trump/why-trump-wrong-call-alaskas-ranked-choice-voting-/


text: "If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Abbott says if Texas were a country, its economy would rank 10th in world
review_date: 2016-09-15T15:13:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/15/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-says-if-texas-were-country-its-economy/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Sean Hannity falsely credits conservative Twitter follower gains to lifting of ‘shadow ban’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Conservatives gained Twitter followers after the company announced its deal with Elon Musk because "Twitter lifted a broad anti-conservative, anti-Trump shadow ban.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/02/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-falsely-credits-conservative-twitter-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, these trees don’t prove White House tweeted an old photo of Joe Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo of President Joe Biden leaving for Europe that the White House tweeted wasn’t actually taken on March 23.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/25/viral-image/no-these-trees-dont-prove-white-house-tweeted-old-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence lacking that President John F. Kennedy smoked marijuana in the White House due to ailments
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says John F. Kennedy “smoked cannabis in the White House, while president, because he suffered from severe back pain and Addison's disease."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/07/viral-image/no-evidence-president-john-f-kennedy-smoked-mariju/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Bovine coronavirus vaccine won’t help humans
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
”America has been vaccinating cattle for coronavirus for years, yet the news tells you it’s new and gunna kill you all so go buy mask.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/facebook-posts/bovine-coronavirus-vaccine-wont-help-humans/


text: “Joe Biden’s open border” means that there are “more Democrat voters pouring into this country."
claimant: J.D. Vance
claim_date: 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: JD Vance’s ad about ‘open border’ and immigrant voters is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/jd-vance/jd-vances-ad-about-open-border-and-immigrant-voter/


claimant: Meme
claim_date: 2017-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz didn’t blame gay people for mass shootings and public nudity
review_date: 2018-09-17T20:27:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ted Cruz said, "When gays stayed hidden we had no mass shootings; we had no public nudity. Society was polite. Now anything and everything goes and I blame them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/17/viral-image/ted-cruz-didnt-blame-gay-people-mass-shootings-and/


claimant: Hogan Gidley
claim_date: 2021-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Trump spokesman falsely claims Trump ‘can’t say anything’ on Capitol riot without social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Donald Trump “can’t say anything (about the U.S. Capitol riot) because the platforms have removed him.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/18/hogan-gidley/trump-spokesman-falsely-claims-trump-cant-say-anyt/


text: A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's first TV ad shows migrants 'at the southern border,' but they're actually in Morocco
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:13:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jan/04/donald-trump/donald-trumps-first-tv-ad-shows-migrants-southern-/


text: Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Photos show service members killed in 2017 military plane crash, not 2021 Kabul suicide bombing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/viral-image/photos-show-service-members-killed-2017-military-p/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: (Updated) For now, Florida student-athletes don’t have to share menstrual details. It could change
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Female student athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periods.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/03/tweets/for-now-florida-student-athletes-dont-have-to-shar/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, sensor can’t track quickly changing oxygen levels in a mask
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video of man using an air-quality monitor proves that people are “not getting enough oxygen” while wearing masks

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/02/facebook-posts/sensor-cant-track-quickly-changing-oxygen-levels-m/


text: A photo shows "a Trump rally in downtown Philly yesterday."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: This is a photo of Live Aid, not a Trump rally in Philadelphia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/viral-image/photo-live-aid-not-trump-rally-philadelphia/


claimant: Brian Schatz
claim_date: 2018-11-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/nov/26/it-legal-tear-gas-be-used-against-migrants-yes-it-/
title: Is it legal for tear gas to be used against migrants?
review_date: 2018-11-26T22:23:58Z
textual_rating: Legal for Riot Control
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of tear gas use against migrants, "Is this legal? Is this moral? Is this accurate? What is happening here?"


claimant: Jill Karofsky
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate muddles claim on education vs. corrections spending
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Department of Corrections budget in Wisconsin is more than the Department of Education budget."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/24/jill-karofsky/wisconsin-supreme-court-candidate-muddles-claim-ed/


claimant: Enterprise Florida
claim_date: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Florida agency's misleading attack on California's minimum wage hike
review_date: 2016-06-06T15:06:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/04/enterprise-florida/florida-agencys-misleading-attack-californias-mini/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Governor’s office says Gretchen Whitmer didn’t visit her vacation home
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent the past weekend at her VACATION COTTAGE at Birch Lake. Violating her own EXECUTIVE ORDER.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/24/facebook-posts/governors-office-says-gretchen-whitmer-didnt-visit/


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: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris "put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: $150 billion is high-end estimate for Iranian assets gained after nuclear deal
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Iran will be shooting at our soldiers with bullets, etc., purchased with the $150 billion Obama gave them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/07/facebook-posts/facebook-claim-wrongly-states-obama-gave-iran-150-/


text: As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/29/facebook-posts/spanish-soccer-president-luis-rubiales-had-not-res/

title:
Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales had not resigned as of Aug. 29, despite Facebook post’s claim


claimant: Occupy Democrats
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Trump didn’t say he ‘trusted’ Taliban, but did plan earlier Afghanistan exit than Biden
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/17/occupy-democrats/trump-didnt-say-he-trusted-taliban-planned-earlier/


text: “Pope Francis kissing the hands of David Rockefeller & John Rothschild.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Pope Francis was photographed with Holocaust survivors, not Rockefellers and Rothschilds
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/19/viral-image/pope-francis-was-photographed-holocaust-survivors-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Trump calls out N.Y. Dems for vote on expansion of military benefits
review_date: 2019-04-22T13:10:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/20/donald-trump/trump-calls-out-ny-dems-vote-expansion-military-be/


claimant: Al Gore
claim_date: 2016-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Utilities behind solar amendment are trying to trick voters into ending net metering, Al Gore says
review_date: 2016-10-21T18:01:53Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says electric utilities "are trying to fool you into amending your state Constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/21/al-gore/utilities-behind-amendment-1-are-trying-trick-vote/


text: On considering U.S. Supreme Court nominees.
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Half Flip: Tammy Baldwin partially shifts position on how she considers U.S. Supreme Court nominees
review_date: 2018-09-13T14:28:51Z
textual_rating: Half Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/13/tammy-baldwin/half-flip-tammy-baldwin-partially-shifts-position-/


claimant: Newsmax
claim_date: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/dec/18/when-do-senators-resign-assume-presidency-or-vice-/
title: When do senators resign to assume the presidency or vice presidency?
textual_rating: It's not unusual
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris "has yet to resign from the United States Senate" because "she still thinks President Trump has a shot at victory.”


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, early suffragettes didn’t eat pizza in bathing suits to annoy men
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/07/viral-image/no-early-suffragettes-didnt-eat-pizza-bathing-suit/


text: “Children don’t seem to be getting this virus”
claimant: Janel Brandtjen,
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, children do get coronavirus. It just might not be as serious.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/22/janel-brandtjen/yes-children-do-get-coronavirus-it-just-might-not-/


text: People who received COVID-19 vaccines can “detoxify” their bodies from the spike protein.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Ditch the detox. The spike proteins produced from COVID-19 vaccination aren’t toxins.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/02/instagram-posts/ditch-the-detox-the-spike-proteins-produced-from-c/


text: “Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t prove claims that Pfizer conducted ‘gain of function’ COVID research
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/06/instagram-posts/video-doesnt-prove-claims-that-pfizer-conducted-ga/


claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/oct/25/hamilton-tickets-taxpayer-tabs-fact-checking-final/
title: Governor's debate fact-check: Andrew Gillum's Hamilton ticket, Ron DeSantis' $145,000 trips
review_date: 2018-10-25T01:57:13Z
textual_rating: No detailed receipts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If he wants to talk about receipts, not a Hamilton ticket, but $145,000 of taxpayer money, why won’t you release those receipts?"


text: Photo shows “Myrtle Beach 30 minutes ago.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of Myrtle Beach during Hurricane Isaias
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/05/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-myrtle-beach-during-hurricane-isaias/


claimant: Tony Kurtz
claim_date: 2022-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, gas tax hike plan would have added at least a dime per gallon at the pump
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/19/tony-kurtz/yes-gas-tax-hike-plan-would-have-added-least-dime-/


claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image criticizing Democrats featured fabricated quotes lifted from satire website
review_date: 2018-07-05T13:48:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Democratic Senators "demand Supreme Court nominee not be unduly influenced by U.S. Constitution."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/03/viral-image/viral-image-criticizing-democrats-featured-fabrica/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows nonviolent protester in Oklahoma City, not Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo of person holding sign shows the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville, Tennessee, school.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/30/facebook-posts/photo-shows-nonviolent-protester-oklahoma-city-not/


claimant: America First
claim_date: 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Did Beto O'Rourke and Kirsten Gillibrand say they'd tear down border wall if elected president?
review_date: 2019-03-07T22:28:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/07/america-first/did-beto-orourke-and-kirsten-gillibrand-say-theyd-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, congressional salaries have not gone up 231% over the last 30 years
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says congressional salaries have gone up 231% over the last 30 years...Now Congress is saying they need a $4,500 raise.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/07/facebook-posts/no-congressional-salaries-have-not-gone-231-over-l/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/feb/15/donald-trumps-news-conference-about-national-emerg/
title: Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s claims about a national emergency
review_date: 2019-02-15T21:33:59Z
textual_rating: Circuit includes border region
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued, and they will sue us in the Ninth Circuit, even though it shouldn’t be there."


text: Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz (in a song) says Beto O'Rourke wants open borders and to 'take our guns'
review_date: 2018-03-15T15:46:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/15/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-beto-orourke-wants-open-borders-and-/


text: This video shows Trump looking “lost and disoriented.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading clip of Trump appearing disoriented on White House lawn was deceptively edited
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/08/instagram-posts/misleading-clip-trump-appearing-disoriented-white-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post falsely claims COVID-19 vaccines ‘skipped all animal trials’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"COVID-19 Jab: They skipped all animal trials because all animals were dying and went directly to people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/18/instagram-posts/instagram-post-falsely-claims-covid-19-vaccines-sk/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-06-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/27/medicare-all-emerges-early-dividing-first-democrat/
title: ‘Medicare for All' emerges as early divide in first Democratic presidential primary debate
textual_rating: Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The insurance companies last year alone sucked $23 billion in profits out of the health care system. $23 billion. And that doesn't count the money that was paid to executives, the money that was spent lobbying Washington."


text: "Fifty percent of our (West Virginia) budget was for lower education."
claimant: Roman Prezioso
claim_date: 2018-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Does West Virginia spend half its budget on K-12 education?
review_date: 2018-12-07T17:40:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/06/roman-prezioso/does-west-virginia-spend-half-its-budget-k-12-educ/


text: Says Conor Lamb "ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did Conor Lamb say very nice things about Trump? No
review_date: 2018-03-22T14:46:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/22/donald-trump/did-conor-lamb-say-very-nice-things-about-trump-no/


text: "The last majority-Anglo high school class in Texas graduated in 2014."
claimant: Evan Smith
claim_date: 2017-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Evan Smith incorrectly says last Anglo-majority Texas high-school class graduated in 2014
review_date: 2017-07-19T16:55:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/19/evan-smith/evan-smith-incorrectly-says-last-anglo-majority-te/


claimant: Alex Jones
claim_date: 2020-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence is not mounting that doctors are trying to kill Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“President Trump is in great danger. Evidence is mounting that he’s being deliberately killed at Walter Reed Military Hospital.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/05/alex-jones/evidence-not-mounting-doctors-are-trying-kill-trum/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson distorts new CDC report, makes false mask claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/15/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-distorts-new-cdc-report-makes-false/


text: Says Bernie Sanders "wins California landslide, But ⅔ of his votes aren’t counted."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Pants On Fire for viral rumor Bernie Sanders won California
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/10/blog-posting/pants-fire-viral-rumor-bernie-sanders-won-californ/


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2019-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Grothman off-base with claim on U.S. tax dollars funding abortions abroad
review_date: 2019-02-20T14:52:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A provision in the first bill passed in by House Democrats would “allow the billions of dollars of aid we send to other countries to be used for abortions.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/19/glenn-grothman/grothman-base-claim-us-tax-dollars-funding-abortio/


text: “100% of heroin/fentanyl epidemic is because we don't have a WALL.”
claimant: Ann Coulter
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Would a border wall have prevented the opioid epidemic?
review_date: 2018-02-02T18:26:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/02/ann-coulter/would-wall-have-prevented-opioid-epidemic/


text: BREAKING: Rosa Parks’ Granddaughter SLAMS Racist Democrats, Endorses Trump
claimant: Reaganwasright
claim_date: 2017-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rosa Parks' granddaughter didn't praise Trump
review_date: 2017-11-15T22:01:40Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/15/reaganwasright/no-rosa-parks-granddaughter-didnt-praise-trump/


text: "Lisa Page squeals: DNC server was not hacked by Russians."
claimant: Your News Wire
claim_date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that former FBI lawyer Lisa Page blamed the Chinese for DNC hack
review_date: 2018-07-20T15:40:15Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/20/yournewswirecom/no-evidence-former-fbi-lawyer-lisa-page-blamed-chi/


text: Kobe Bryant was killed “as a setup to stop him from testifying.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Kobe Bryant’s death wasn’t a setup to keep him from testifying in a lawsuit
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/05/instagram-posts/kobe-bryants-death-wasnt-a-setup-to-keep-him-from/


claimant: Claudia Tenney
claim_date: 2017-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Wealthy would do well under tax plan, contrary to Tenney's claim
review_date: 2017-12-21T22:44:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On the Republican tax plan: "Unfortunately, the wealthy are, again, not going to do well in this bill"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/21/claudia-tenney/wealthy-would-do-well-under-tax-plan-contrary-tenn/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/28/fact-checking-2nd-night-democratic-debate-miami/
title: Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami
review_date: 2019-06-28T16:49:26Z
textual_rating: Slow gains, but gains
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Today the worker in the middle of our economy is making no more money than he or she made 45 years ago."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump isn’t asking you to forward an email about 'The Trump Rules'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Trump is asking everyone to forward this email… The TRUMP Rules: Congressional Reform Act of 2017."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/viral-image/no-trump-isnt-asking-you-forward-email-about-trump/


text: COVID-19 “has killed less people than the damn flu.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 hasn’t killed fewer people than the flu
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-covid-19-hasnt-killed-fewer-people-flu/


text: Says the Chicago Police Department tweeted, “We are all Derek Chauvin.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Chicago Police Department didn’t tweet Derek Chauvin support
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/26/viral-image/no-chicago-police-department-didnt-tweet-derek-cha/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely claims DC mayor kept police from White House protests
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During protests outside the White House, Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn't let the D.C. Police get involved."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-dc-mayor-kept-police-white-ho/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-04-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/26/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks/
title: In Context: Donald Trump’s ‘very fine people on both sides’ remarks (transcript)
review_date: 2019-04-26T20:15:35Z
textual_rating: Full context is needed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You look at what I said, you will see that that question was answered perfectly. And I was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee, a great general."


claimant: Sara Stevenson
claim_date: 2017-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Sara Stevenson of Austin says Texas Senate panel randomly called witnesses at 'voucher' hearing
review_date: 2017-04-14T21:36:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a Texas Senate committee considering "private school voucher" legislation randomly called people to testify regardless of when the people submitted requests to testify.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/14/sara-stevenson/sara-stevenson-austin-says-texas-senate-panel-rand/


text: “There are polls that also say I have great approval ratings.”
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: No recent public poll shows Kamala Harris with ‘great approval ratings’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/08/kamala-harris/no-recent-public-poll-shows-kamala-harris-with-gre/


claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2017-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Dan Patrick notes education absorbs 52 percent of budgeted state spending
review_date: 2017-06-23T10:56:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When colleges and universities are added, education spending is the biggest item in the state budget — about 52 percent of all state dollars."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/23/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-notes-education-absorbs-52-percent-bud/


text: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."
claimant: Aaron Rodgers
claim_date: 2021-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: No lie: COVID-19 is largely spread by unvaccinated people.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/08/aaron-rodgers/no-lie-covid-19-largely-spread-unvaccinated-people/


text: "Under Emanuel, CPS has become the most understaffed school district in Illinois."
claimant: Troy LaRaviere
claim_date: 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Is CPS the most understaffed district in Illinois?
review_date: 2018-06-22T18:33:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/21/troy-laraviere/cps-most-understaffed-district-illinois/


text: Says a CNN broadcast shows “400,000 votes just disappeared” in the California recall election.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Human error explains votes that ‘disappeared’ in CNN coverage of California recall
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/15/viral-image/human-error-not-fraud-explains-votes-disappeared-c/


claimant: Jake LaTurner
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Keystone wouldn’t simply offset oil US imports from Russia
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Keystone XL pipeline "would have produced 830,000 barrels of oil per day, more than enough to offset what we import from Russia."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/28/jake-laturner/keystone-wouldnt-simply-offset-oil-us-imports-russ/


text: Says Donald Trump mocked "someone with a disability."
claimant: Priorities USA Action
claim_date: 2016-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Clinton Super PAC ad says Trump 'mocked' disabled reporter; evidence supports claim
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/13/priorities-usa-action/pro-clinton-super-pac-ad-trump-mocked-disabled-r/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Canada levies 270 percent tariff on dairy. That's basically right
review_date: 2018-06-13T18:09:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/13/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweets-about-canadas-2/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Depp, Maxwell trials held in different jurisdictions with different media rules
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The same system that kept you in the dark about Ghislaine Maxwell…doesn’t mind live-streaming Johnny Depp’s trial.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/26/viral-image/depp-maxwell-trials-held-different-jurisdictions-d/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Old meme is wrong on Bernie Sanders' resume, finances
review_date: 2019-03-01T20:13:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Bernie Sanders lived off welfare before he was elected, never held a "9-5 job" and hasn’t proposed a single bill that passed.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/01/facebook-posts/old-meme-wrong-bernie-sanders-resume-financ/


claimant: Brett Kavanaguh
claim_date: 2018-09-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/sep/27/your-kavanaugh-ford-hearing-questions-answered/
title: Your Kavanaugh-Ford hearing questions answered
review_date: 2018-09-28T16:02:21Z
textual_rating: He was not legal
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The drinking age, as I noted, was 18, so the seniors were legal, senior year in high school, people were legal to drink.”


claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2019-09-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/02/fact-checking-rudy-giulianis-claims-about-joe-bide/
title: The inaccurate or unproven things Rudy Giuliani said about Ukraine on 'This Week'
textual_rating: This is unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There is a load of evidence that the Ukrainians created false information, that they were asked by the Obama White House to do it in January of 2016."


text: Says the white man who wanted Rosa Parks’ seat on the bus was suffering from ADHD and anxiety.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: A social media post about a passenger on Rosa Parks’ bus is satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/02/facebook-posts/social-media-post-about-passenger-rosa-parks-bus-s/


text: "One out of every 30 people in the Greater Boston area is an illegal alien."
claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2018-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Sessions says 1 out of 30 in Greater Boston is in the country illegally
review_date: 2018-08-01T17:17:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/31/jeff-sessions/jeff-sessions-says-1-out-30-greater-boston-country/


text: Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, 18 children didn't die in U.S. border protection custody under Obama
review_date: 2019-01-02T20:37:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/02/blog-posting/no-18-children-didnt-die-us-border-protection-cust/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Facebook post comparing COVID-19 vaccine research to HIV, cancer, common cold
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/10/facebook-posts/fact-checking-facebook-post-comparing-covid-19-vac/


claimant: Gordon Gee
claim_date: 2019-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Does West Virginia trail its neighbors in STEM graduates?
review_date: 2019-04-30T13:55:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our state has fewer science, technology, engineering and math graduates than any neighboring state."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/24/e-gordon-gee/does-west-virginia-trail-its-neighbors-stem-gradua/


text: Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”
claimant: The Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Did Biden ‘import’ Iranian oil? It was seized, not bought
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/17/gateway-pundit/did-biden-import-iranian-oil-it-was-seized-not-bou/


text: “Kamala Harris resigns in shock after Biden’s ‘mandatory’ border trip…Trump jails ‘corrupt’ VP.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris didn’t resign or get jailed by Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/13/facebook-posts/kamala-harris-didnt-resign-or-get-jailed-trump/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/sep/21/un-speech-joe-biden-calls-collective-action-climat/
title: In UN speech, Joe Biden calls for collective action on climate, COVID-19
review_date: 2021-09-21T21:12:51Z
textual_rating: Broadly correct
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On climate change, "the scientists and experts are telling us we are fast approaching a point of no return."


claimant: Our Democracy 2020
claim_date: 2016-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did a Wisconsin election clerk block early voting because of 'partisan bias' against Democrats?
review_date: 2016-10-28T16:21:46Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/28/our-democracy-2020/did-wisconsin-election-clerk-block-early-voting-be/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi didn’t send this letter to Ted Wheeler
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Portland’s mayor after demonstrations there “urging him to stick to the proven Democratic Play book.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/viral-image/no-nancy-pelosi-didnt-send-letter-ted-wheeler/


text: "Our new (health care) plans are up to 60% less expensive and better" than Obamacare.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Better than other plans or better than nothing? Trump’s claim about ‘affordable’ options
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/10/donald-trump/better-other-plans-or-better-nothing-trumps-claim-/


text: "The Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions."
claimant: National Rifle Association
claim_date: 2017-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Obama administration approve bump stocks?
review_date: 2017-10-06T21:14:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/06/national-rifle-association/nra-claim-obama-approved-bump-stocks/


text: It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Safer to be unvaccinated against COVID-19? In several ways, that’s False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/04/viral-image/covid-19-its-safer-be-unvaccinated-several-ways-s-/


text: A photo shows a dog who has slept by his master’s grave every night for seven years.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: A dog named Capitán is known for sleeping by his owner’s grave — but this photo is not of him
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/viral-image/dog-named-capitan-known-sleeping-his-owners-grave-/


text: “I’ve already” declared a national climate emergency
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden says he declared a national climate emergency, but he hasn’t
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/17/joe-biden/joe-biden-incorrectly-says-he-declared-a-national/


claimant: John Macco
claim_date: 2022-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Macco is mostly right on tax claim, but off base on how Evers sought to raise them
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/06/john-macco/macco-mostly-right-tax-claim-base-how-evers-sought/


claimant: Mac Heller
claim_date: 2019-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: US minorities surpassed 25 percent of electorate when Obama ran in 2008, and it's going up
review_date: 2019-04-23T19:51:56Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The 2008 election was the first election in which voters of color comprised over 25 percent of the electorate, and that number is going up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/23/mac-heller/minority-electorate-surpassed-25-percent-when-obam/


text: Murray Energy is "the largest coal company in the United States."
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2019-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Is Murray Energy the nation's largest coal company?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/08/joe-manchin/murray-energy-nations-largest-coal-company/


claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2018-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Andrew Gillum on the cost of Medicare for All
review_date: 2018-09-18T16:25:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says there is a report "that showed that, should we move to cover more people to a Medicare for All system, we could actually save the system trillions over an extended period of time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/18/andrew-gillum/fact-checking-andrew-gillum-cost-medicare-all/


text: "America’s C40 cities will ban meat, dairy, new clothes, private cars by 2030.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-08-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/29/instagram-posts/social-media-post-distorts-climate-report-no-us-ci/

title:
Social media post distorts climate report. No U.S. city is banning meat, dairy, new clothes or cars.


text: A New York Post cover used the headline “YOU'RE FIRED" on Nov. 4 with an image of Donald Trump.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, the New York Post didn’t run a ‘You’re Fired’ cover
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/09/viral-image/no-new-york-post-didnt-run-youre-fired-cover/


text: "Obama is in Texas serving meals!"
claimant: Aiden Benjamin
claim_date: 2017-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: An outdated photo wrongly suggests Barack Obama is at a food shelter in Houston
review_date: 2017-08-28T16:55:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/28/blog-posting/outdated-photo-wrongly-suggests-barack-obama-food-/


text: Photo shows Sheryl Crow wearing a shirt that says, “Keep America Trumpless.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Sheryl Crow wearing anti-Trump shirt is doctored
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/28/viral-image/photo-sheryl-crow-wearing-anti-trump-shirt-doctore/


text: Says U.S. Rep. Justin Amash "votes more with Nancy Pelosi than he ever does with me."
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2019-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy falsely says Justin Amash votes more often with Nancy Pelosi than him
review_date: 2019-06-03T18:07:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/03/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthy-falsely-says-justin-amash-votes-mor/


text: "Border Patrol agents were caught on film destroying supplies left to help migrants"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Border Patrol agents getting rid of water for migrants
review_date: 2018-12-11T22:09:35Z
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/it-true-years-old-video-shows-border-patrol-agents/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Suspended Twitter account fans misinformation about antifa, George Floyd protests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Antifa is warning that tonight they're moving out of the cities - and into residential areas to 'take what's ours.'”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/facebook-posts/suspended-twitter-account-fans-misinformation-abou/


text: "There aren't too many people outside protesting" his speech at the Phoenix Convention Center.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's False claim that there weren't too many people protesting his Phoenix rally
review_date: 2017-08-23T19:58:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/23/donald-trump/trumps-false-claim-there-werent-too-many-peop/


claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/29/fact-checking-sen-tim-scotts-gop-response-presiden/
title: Fact-checking Sen. Tim Scott's GOP response to President Joe Biden
review_date: 2021-04-29T04:50:26Z
textual_rating: Downplays the figure
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Republicans support everything you think of when you think of ‘infrastructure.’ Roads, bridges, ports, airports, waterways, high-speed broadband — we’re in for all of that! … Less than 6% of the president's plan goes to roads and bridges."


text: Walmart must refund 2022 customers $500.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t try to get a $500 refund from Walmart; this offer isn’t authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/facebook-posts/dont-try-to-get-a-500-refund-from-walmart-this-off/


text: Agriculture “is still the No. 1 sector of the economy” in Georgia.
claimant: Gary Black
claim_date: 2022-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia GOP candidate (and state ag secretary) gets it wrong on agriculture’s footprint in state
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/gary-black/georgia-gop-candidate-gets-it-wrong-agricultures-f/


claimant: Mitch Carmichael
claim_date: 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Have West Virginia test scores tended to drop after 4th grade?
review_date: 2019-04-03T23:27:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/mitch-carmichael/have-west-virginia-test-scores-tended-drop-between/


claimant: Don Blankenship
claim_date: 2018-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Don Blankenship claims illegal immigration costs $130 billion a year. Is that true?
review_date: 2018-04-30T22:02:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says illegal immigration is "costing us $130 billion a year to house and feed and give benefits to people that shouldn’t be even in the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/30/don-blankenship/don-blankenship-claims-illegal-immigration-costs-1/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did U.S. senators vote to allow access to your internet history without a warrant? Not really.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ron Johnson and 36 other senators “voted for federal agencies to have access to your internet history without obtaining a warrant.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/21/facebook-posts/did-us-senators-vote-reveal-internet-browser-histo/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of bagged ballots in California isn’t evidence of misconduct, contrary to claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/17/viral-image/photo-of-bagged-ballots-in-california-isnt-evidenc/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2021-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson falsely says unvaccinated people around the world are being put into 'internment camps'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/13/ron-johnson/johnson-falsely-says-unvaccinated-people-around-wo/


claimant: "Watch The Water"
claim_date: 2022-04-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
COVID-19 is a synthetic version of “snake venom” that evil forces are spreading through remdesivir, the COVID-19 vaccines and drinking water to “make you a hybrid of Satan.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/19/watch-water/stew-peters-film-watch-water-ridiculously-claims-c/

title:
Stew Peters film ‘Watch the Water’ ridiculously claims COVID-19 is snake venom. That’s Pants on Fire


text: The United States spends "more per student than almost any other major country in the world."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: U.S. spends more than 'almost any other major country' on education
review_date: 2016-09-21T15:02:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/21/donald-trump/trump-us-spends-more-almost-any-other-major-countr/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Do three-quarters of Americans support the DREAM Act? Nancy Pelosi says so
review_date: 2017-09-20T00:49:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/19/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-claims-three-quarters-americans-suppo/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Stamp this one 'correct;' Chris Christie says Clinton wrong about work-related emails
review_date: 2016-07-20T03:48:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "said all work-related emails were sent back to the State Department. The FBI director said, that's not true."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/20/chris-christie/stamp-one-correct-chris-christie-says-clinton-wron/


text: Says Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders have passed six bills in a combined 67 years.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Social posts revise the records of Sanders, Pelosi and Waters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/facebook-posts/social-posts-revise-records-sanders-pelosi-and-wat/


text: "Singer Celine Dion Says: ‘I Can’t Even Look At An American Flag Any More, I Hate This Country.’"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Did Celine Dion say she hates this country? No.
review_date: 2018-04-13T19:16:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/13/blog-posting/did-celine-dion-say-she-hates-country-no/


text: For the first time in U.S. history, a one-year-old appears in court as a defendant.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Migrant infants have appeared as defendants in immigration court for years, despite viral claim
review_date: 2019-04-26T18:29:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/26/viral-image/migrant-infants-have-appeared-defendants-immigrati/


claimant: Jacky Rosen
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Democrat correctly points out Tarkanian's long-held abortion opposition
review_date: 2016-08-04T16:16:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Danny Tarkanian … wants to defund Planned Parenthood and would outlaw a woman's right to choose, even in cases of rape or incest."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/jacky-rosen/democrat-correctly-points-out-tarkanians-long-held/


text: “No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2022-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Rand Paul’s ad was wrong claiming there are no omicron hospitalizations; he took the ad down
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/07/rand-paul/sen-rand-pauls-ad-was-wrong-claiming-there-are-no-/


text: "Melania Just Hit Donald Trump With Shocking Announcement He Never Saw Coming"
claimant: realtimepolitics.com
claim_date: 2018-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Website falsely claims Melania Trump made 'shocking announcement' to Donald Trump
review_date: 2018-05-08T16:00:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/08/blog-posting/website-falsely-claims-melania-trump-made-shocking/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden didn’t use a racist hand gesture. He was trying to illustrate the number 'zero.'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Last week Joe Biden flashed the ‘white power’ sign. President Trump condemned white supremacists yesterday. Why hasn't Joe Biden?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/01/donald-trump/no-joe-biden-didnt-use-racist-hand-gesture-he-was-/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary doesn’t tell full story about former DEA agent
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/tucker-carlson/carlson-documentary-doesnt-tell-full-story-dea-age/


text: "50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."
claimant: Ruben Hinojosa
claim_date: 2016-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Texas Democrat says half of Hispanic college students rely on Pell grants
review_date: 2016-08-15T20:44:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/15/ruben-hinojosa/texas-democrat-says-half-hispanic-college-students/


claimant: Marco Rubio's heckler
claim_date: 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio took three-quarters of a million from fossil fuel executives, heckler said
review_date: 2017-08-29T16:27:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Marco Rubio took "three quarters of a million dollars from fossil fuel executives" during the 2016 Senate election

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/29/marco-rubios-heckler/marco-rubio-took-three-quarters-million-fossil-fue/


text: Says Joel Osteen Ministries charges people for prayers via a "prayer request account."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joel Osteen Ministries doesn’t charge people money for prayer requests
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/09/facebook-posts/no-joel-osteen-ministries-doesnt-charge-people-mon/


claimant: Mike Gibbons
claim_date: 2022-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: In Ohio US Senate race, Gibbons levels misleading attack against Mandel about China
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/22/mike-gibbons/ohio-us-senate-race-gibbons-levels-misleading-atta/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump still wrong on his claim that opposed Iraq War ahead of the invasion
review_date: 2017-04-11T18:53:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war (in Iraq), and yes, even before the war ever started."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/22/donald-trump/trump-still-wrong-his-claim-opposed-iraq-war-ahead/


text: “U.S. military at the White House arresting Congress.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: US military arresting Congress? That’s Pants on Fire ridiculous
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/us-military-arresting-congress-s-pants-fire-ridicu/


text: “U.S. military at the White House arresting Congress.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military didn’t arrest congressional representatives
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/13/facebook-posts/no-military-didnt-arrest-congressional-representat/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/23/donald-trump/united-states-not-cleanest-country/
title: No, the United States isn't the cleanest country
review_date: 2018-08-23T14:33:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I want clean air. I want crystal clean water. And we’ve got it. We’ve got the cleanest country in the planet right now."


text: "Police find 19 white female bodies in freezers with ‘Black Lives Matter’ carved into skin."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Story of 19 white women killed by Black Lives Matter supporter is fake news
review_date: 2017-04-06T18:35:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/06/blog-posting/story-19-white-women-killed-black-lives-matter-sup/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says he polls better against Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton does
review_date: 2016-05-29T22:02:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Right now, in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump, often by big numbers and always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/29/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-he-polls-better-against-donald/


text: “Smithsonian admits to destruction of thousands of giant human skeletons in early 1900s.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Smithsonian didn’t admit to destroying giant human skeletons
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/smithsonian-didnt-admit-to-destroying-giant-human/


text: "The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says New York Times apologized for 'bad coverage' of him
review_date: 2016-11-16T23:14:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/15/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-new-york-times-apologized-bad-co/


text: A Walmart in Dickson City, Pennsylvania, ran out of food.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, this Pennsylvania Walmart didn’t run out of food
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/07/viral-image/no-pennsylvania-walmart-didnt-run-out-food/


text: Says Cracker Barrel’s name has racist origins and its logo depicts a whip.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts wrong about the origin of Cracker Barrel restaurant chain’s name
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/09/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-wrong-about-origin-cracker-barr/


text: Says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2015-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's Pants on Fire tweet that blacks killed 81% of white homicide victims
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:36:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/nov/23/donald-trump/trump-tweet-blacks-white-homicide-victims/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Debunking a fake claim about cuts to Social Security if Republicans win the House
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A House Republican plan says that if the GOP wins the majority, “Retirees who have a pension, IRAs, 401k, disabled veteran benefits will be ineligible for Social Security benefits.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/21/instagram-posts/debunking-fake-claim-about-cuts-social-security-if/


text: Florida’s "unemployment is at a record low."
claimant: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
claim_date: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Is unemployment at a record low under Florida Gov. Rick Scott?
review_date: 2018-05-01T16:30:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/01/us-chamber-commerce/unemployment-record-low-under-florida-gov-rick-sco/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence suspected mass shooter bought gun illegally or entered US illegally
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/30/facebook-posts/no-evidence-suspected-mass-shooter-bought-gun-ille/


text: The Affordable Care Act "provided over 200,000 West Virginians with health care coverage."
claimant: West Virginia Democratic Party
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Has the Affordable Care Act given 200,000-plus West Virginians health coverage?
review_date: 2019-04-17T18:48:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/17/west-virginia-democratic-party/has-affordable-care-act-given-200000-plus-west-vir/


text: Photos show former President Barack Obama acting inappropriately with a child.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Old photos of Barack Obama misused to fuel baseless child sex-trafficking conspiracy
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/21/viral-image/old-photos-barack-obama-misused-fuel-baseless-chil/


text: A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photograph of an immigrant with smallpox
review_date: 2019-04-10T18:30:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/10/viral-image/no-isnt-photograph-immigrant-smallpox/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump largely accurate about drugs catapulted across the U.S.-Mexico border
review_date: 2017-09-27T15:53:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/27/donald-trump/trump-largely-accurate-claim-about-drugs-catapulte/


claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: More deaths from climate policies than climate change? Scientists say Ramaswamy’s claim is baseless
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/24/vivek-ramaswamy/vivek-ramsaswamys-misleading-gop-debate-claim-abou/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video appears to show Gayle King, Elon Musk discussing investment opportunity for Canadians
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King interviewing Elon Musk about a new project ensuring Canadians “won’t have to work anymore.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/viral-image/altered-video-appears-to-show-gayle-king-elon-musk/


claimant: James Corden
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/03/fact-checking-jimmy-kimmel-late-night-hosts-about-/
title: Fact-checking Jimmy Kimmel, late-night hosts on gun violence after Las Vegas attack
review_date: 2017-10-03T18:40:45Z
textual_rating: Tracks with rough data
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"11,660 people have died from gun violence in the last 275 days in this country. ... How does every other developed country do a better job at preventing these attacks?"


text: In the federal government, "there’s $16 billion in duplicate programs" that can be cut.
claimant: Jon Ossoff
claim_date: 2017-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Checking Jon Ossoff on $16 billion in government waste
review_date: 2017-04-27T14:43:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/jon-ossoff/checking-jon-ossoff-16-billion-government-waste/


claimant: Evan McMullin
claim_date: 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Mike Lee advised Trump's legal challenges to overturn our election” and “was one of only two senators who was in on the scheme.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/11/evan-mcmullin/attack-ad-sen-mike-lee-advising-trump-2020-electio/

title:
Attack ad on Sen. Mike Lee advising Trump on 2020 election omits that Lee opposed overturning result


claimant: Paul Manafort
claim_date: 2016-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Manafort says Clinton's tax returns show income from foundation donors
review_date: 2016-08-14T21:34:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Hillary Clinton's tax returns, "you saw a lot of income coming from donors to the Clinton Foundation and people who benefitted from her State Department term as well."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/14/paul-manafort/paul-manafort-says-clintons-tax-returns-show-incom/


claimant: Tom King
claim_date: 2018-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: Gun owners would not have to give up their guns under 'assault weapons' ban
review_date: 2018-03-29T20:21:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A bill in Congress "will ban all semi-automatic weapons, including pistols and shotguns. So, yes, they are coming to take away our guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/29/tom-king/gun-owners-would-not-have-give-their-guns-under-as/


text: Says Doug Jones "is for full-term abortion."
claimant: Kayla Moore
claim_date: 2017-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Moore's wife coins new anti-abortion term to attack his Democratic opponent
review_date: 2017-11-21T19:14:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/21/kayla-moore/moores-wife-coins-new-anti-abortion-term-attack-hi/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Meme misrepresents George Washington quote about arms, ammunition
review_date: 2018-12-18T17:21:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says George Washington said, "A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined. But they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them. Which would include their own government."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/18/blog-posting/meme-misrepresents-george-washington-quote-about-a/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Georgia election workers didn’t kick out observers and illegally count ‘suitcases’ of ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video footage from Georgia shows suitcases filled with ballots pulled from under a table and illegally counted after election observers were told to leave.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/04/facebook-posts/no-georgia-election-workers-didnt-kick-out-observe/


text: Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."
claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2017-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Does Neil Gorsuch side with 'felons over gun safety,' as Pelosi says?
review_date: 2017-02-02T20:39:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/02/nancy-pelosi/pelosis-misleading-claim-gorsuch-sides-felons-over/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ronald Reagan didn't say meeting Trump felt like “shaking hands with the president”
review_date: 2019-02-04T22:03:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that Ronald Reagan said he felt like he "was the one shaking hands with the president" when he met Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/04/viral-image/no-ronald-reagan-didnt-say-meeting-trump-felt-shak/


text: “My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.”
claimant: Tim Michels
claim_date: 2022-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Michels on target with claim his company was building Keystone Pipeline when Biden ended it
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/21/tim-michels/michels-target-claim-my-company-was-building-keyst/


text: I voted to defund sanctuary cities.
claimant: Claire McCaskill
claim_date: 2018-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: McCaskill has voted for and against defunding sanctuary cities
review_date: 2018-10-08T18:08:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/06/claire-mccaskill/mccaskill-has-voted-and-against-defunding-sanctuar/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan: 35% corporate tax rate keeps $3 trillion in 'trapped cash' overseas from coming to U.S.
review_date: 2017-09-15T13:03:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/15/paul-ryan/paul-ryan-35-corporate-tax-rate-keeps-3-trillion-t/


text: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”
claimant: Charlie Kirk
claim_date: 2020-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Is China spying on you through Zoom? Charlie Kirk overstates report's findings
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/07/charlie-kirk/china-spying-you-through-zoom-charlie-kirk-oversta/


text: President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: No news of a snooze: President Biden didn’t nod off during meeting with Israel’s president
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/19/viral-image/no-news-of-a-snooze-president-biden-didnt-nod-off/


claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Gillibrand claims most votes against Trump Cabinet nominees
review_date: 2019-03-29T20:13:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
For Cabinet posts, "I have the best voting record against Trump nominees of anyone else running for president"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/29/kirsten-gillibrand/gillibrand-claims-most-votes-against-trump-cabinet/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that 2020 vote results in Pa., where Trump lost, were ‘impossible’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The 2020 election results in Pennsylvania “show a statistically impossible pattern” and votes were manufactured for Joe Biden.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/blog-posting/no-evidence-2020-vote-results-pa-where-trump-lost-/


claimant: Mark Finchem
claim_date: 2022-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona Republican said Pence ‘seized power’ from Trump, undertook a ‘coup’ Jan. 6. That’s wrong.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/19/mark-finchem/arizona-republican-said-pence-seized-power-trump-u/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says he didn't see video of cash being transferred for ransom after all
review_date: 2016-08-05T19:21:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-he-didnt-see-video-cash-being-tr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no proof ‘Aunt Jemima’ was a millionaire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former slave Nancy Green, the first Aunt Jemima model, died “as one of America’s first black millionaires.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/22/facebook-posts/theres-no-proof-aunt-jemima-was-millionaire/


text: “Unprecedented UFO landing” in Las Vegas.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: UFO? No. That bright light in Las Vegas was a meteor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/21/blog-posting/ufo-no-that-bright-light-in-las-vegas-was-a-meteor/


claimant: Andrew Yang
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Andrew Yang's claim of support among Trump voters rates Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/24/andrew-yang/andrew-yangs-claim-support-among-trump-voters-rate/


text: “Burning Man was a national emergency because it was flooded.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: There were floods, there was mud, but Burning Man sparked no emergency declaration
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/06/instagram-posts/there-were-floods-there-was-mud-but-burning-man-sp/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie claims Ronald Reagan won 40 states after trailing Jimmy Carter prior to 1980 debate
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:30:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/oct/01/chris-christie/chris-christie-claims-ronald-reagan-won-40-states-/


claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: NC governor mostly right about indoor worship and coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/roy-cooper/nc-governor-mostly-right-about-indoor-worship-and-/


text: Says Shaquille O’Neal said Donald Trump “is possibly the best president.”
claimant: Pro Conservative News
claim_date: 2017-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Shaq didn't declare Trump possibly the best president
review_date: 2018-01-03T19:35:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/03/pro-conservative-news/no-shaq-didnt-declare-trump-best-president/


text: Sen. Josh Hawley told professor, “I will not use your pronouns.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Josh Hawley didn’t tell professor he refused to use her pronouns
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/26/facebook-posts/sen-josh-hawley-didnt-tell-professor-he-refused-to/


text: Says "Meryl Streep just got fired from a major project for lying about Trump."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Meryl Streep's anti-Trump award speech didn't cost her a 'Happy Days' job
review_date: 2017-01-31T19:32:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/31/blog-posting/no-meryl-streeps-anti-trump-rant-didnt-cost-her-ha/


text: Claimed Dianne Feinstein said "there is no collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s False claim Dianne Feinstein said ‘there is no collusion’
review_date: 2018-01-03T02:08:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/02/donald-trump/trumps-false-claim-dianne-feinstein-said-there-no-/


text: Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners
claimant: Tim Michels
claim_date: 2022-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Tony Evers doesn’t want to let out 9,000 to 10,000 Wisconsin prisoners
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/04/tim-michels/no-tony-evers-doesnt-want-to-let-out-9000-to-10000/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton correct that analysts have called Donald Trump a top global economic risk
review_date: 2016-06-27T20:45:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Risk analysts listed Donald Trump, a Donald Trump presidency, as one of the top threats facing the global economy, ahead of terrorism."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/27/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correct-analysts-have-called-donal/


claimant: A tweet
claim_date: 2019-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Texas Democratic Party did not give Beto O'Rourke $4.5M
review_date: 2019-03-20T22:19:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Beto O'Rourke "gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/20/tweets/no-texas-democratic-party-did-not-give-beto-orourk/


text: "American middle schools caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, American middle schools not 'caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day'
review_date: 2019-04-02T15:33:52Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/02/blog-posting/no-american-middle-schools-not-caught-forcing-stud/


text: Says Roy Moore said a "practicing Muslim should not be a member of Congress because of his faith."
claimant: Jeff Flake
claim_date: 2017-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Flake: Roy Moore said Muslims shouldn't serve in Congress
review_date: 2017-11-09T20:50:56Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/09/jeff-flake/flake-roy-moore-said-muslims-shouldnt-serve-congre/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi said, "It is dangerous to let the voters decide Trump’s fate."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pelosi didn’t say it’s ‘dangerous to let the voters decide Trump’s fate’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/facebook-posts/no-pelosi-didnt-say-its-dangerous-let-voters-decid/


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: Exaggerated
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s a broad consensus of economists — left, right, center — and they agree that what I’m proposing will help create millions of jobs and generate historic economic growth."


claimant: Richard Durbin
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Durbin claims 40 percent of drug overdose deaths in Illinois involve heroin
review_date: 2016-10-14T17:45:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/richard-durbin/40-percent-drug-overdose-deaths-involve-heroin/


text: Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a "$10 million payout from Netflix."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Netflix did not pay Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez $10 million for documentary
review_date: 2019-02-15T20:27:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/15/facebook-posts/no-netflix-did-not-pay-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-10/


text: “NASA confirms earth will go dark for 6 days in December 2020.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASA didn’t confirm Earth will go dark for six days
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/16/blog-posting/no-nasa-didnt-confirm-earth-will-go-dark-six-days/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, US shipped donated personal protective equipment to China in February
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/02/facebook-posts/yes-us-shipped-donated-personal-protective-equipme/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/facebook-posts/story-behind-this-biden-misquote/
title: There's a story behind this Biden misquote
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Joe Biden as saying, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.”


text: "We have an increase in murder within our cities, the biggest in 45 years."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump largely accurate that U.S. had biggest increase in murders in 45 years
review_date: 2016-10-10T05:38:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/10/donald-trump/trump-claims-us-has-biggest-increase-murders-45-ye/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, this man wasn’t arrested for wearing a shirt that said 'We The People'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A man was arrested “for wearing a T-shirt that says ‘We The People’ and has a picture of the ‘Statue of Liberty.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/24/facebook-posts/no-man-wasnt-arrested-wearing-shirt-said-we-people/


text: "Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."
claimant: Greg Murphy
claim_date: 2017-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: How many people die every day from drug overdoses in North Carolina?
review_date: 2017-04-14T15:22:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/13/greg-murphy/how-many-people-die-every-day-drug-overdoses-north/


text: “Ivanka Trump is joining the Democrats to run against her dad.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ivanka Trump isn’t joining the Democratic Party to challenge her father
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/13/facebook-posts/no-ivanka-trump-isnt-joining-democratic-party-chal/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Michael Bloomberg didn’t make this statement about Donald Trump
textual_rating: Custom Text
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Michael Bloomberg said, "I have known Trump for decades. We have traveled in the same business circles. He is known among millionaires as a con-artist and among business owners as a cheat out to stiff everyone."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/18/viral-image/no-michael-bloomberg-didnt-make-statement-about-do/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, an FEC filing doesn’t mean Joe Biden has announced he’s running again
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An obscure filing with the Federal Election Commission shows Biden has formally announced his bid for another term.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/facebook-posts/no-fec-filing-doesnt-mean-joe-biden-has-announced-/


text: "Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."
claimant: Joe Kennedy
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Do CEOs make 300 times the average worker, as Joe Kennedy said?
review_date: 2018-01-31T05:59:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/joe-kennedy/do-ceos-make-300-times-average-worker-joe-kennedy-/


claimant: Jack Salzwedel
claim_date: 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: American Family CEO makes a point about black male enslavement and today's incarceration
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/01/jack-salzwedel/american-family-ceo-makes-point-about-19th-century/


text: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2018-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did Sen. Bill Nelson vote for higher taxes 349 times? No
review_date: 2018-07-05T15:48:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/05/rick-scott/did-sen-bill-nelson-vote-higher-taxes-349-no/


text: COVID-19 vaccines contain “RNA-modifying transhumanism nanotechnology."
claimant: Carrie Madej
claim_date: 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Transhumanism nanotechnology’ COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theory is Pants on Fire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/21/carrie-madej/transhumanism-nanotechnology-covid-19-vaccine-cons/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly blames Democrats for 'catch and release' immigration policy
review_date: 2018-05-11T14:33:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A "catch and release" immigration policy "is a Democrat rule, Sherrod Brown, this is a Democrat rule."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/11/donald-trump/ohio-trump-misleads-blaming-democrats-catch-and-re/


text: Video shows the state of “Great Britain now,” with “78,000 people under the water.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show ‘Great Britain now’ with people underwater. Clips are misrepresented
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/30/facebook-posts/video-doesnt-show-great-britain-now-with-people-un/


text: A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, ballots for Trump weren’t thrown out by a poll worker from Pennsylvania’s Erie County
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/tweets/no-ballots-trump-werent-thrown-out-poll-worker-pen/


text: News photo from stay-at-home protest was doctored to add Confederate flag.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: News photo of stay-at-home protest was not doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/20/facebook-posts/news-photo-stay-home-protest-was-not-doctored/


claimant: TopStoriesUSA.com
claim_date: 2018-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: The facts on Beto O'Rourke and flags in the Texas Senate race
review_date: 2018-09-12T15:58:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Beto O’Rourke's campaign "told Texas VFW to remove their American flag" because O'Rourke has "an aversion to the American flag and symbols of patriotism."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/12/blog-posting/orourke-campaign-request-remove-american-flag-rall/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: In tweet, Donald Trump revives charge of improper ties between Hillary Clinton, acting FBI chief
review_date: 2017-07-25T16:23:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from (Hillary Clinton) for wife!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/25/donald-trump/tweet-donald-trump-revives-charge-improper-ties-be/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts misrepresent House Democrats’ rules for impeachment inquiry of Trump
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says House Democrats passed impeachment rules that "do not allow any witness to be called unless the witness is approved by Adam Schiff," "do not allow involvement of the President’s legal counsel" and "do not allow any witness to be questioned unless the question is approved by Adam Schiff."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/11/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-misrepresent-house-democrats-ru/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely claims NATO countries owe United States money for defense spending
review_date: 2018-07-11T21:55:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Many countries (in NATO) owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back, where they’re delinquent, as far as I’m concerned, because the United States has had to pay for them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/11/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-nato-countries-owe-united-sta/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden miscalculates how much billionaires pay in taxes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/20/joe-biden/in-push-for-billionaire-tax-joe-biden-gets-his-fig/


text: There were "76 deaths in three years" at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center
claimant: Michael Kearns
claim_date: 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: 76 patients did not die at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center
review_date: 2017-04-12T20:42:54Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/12/michael-kearns/how-many-patients-have-died-buffalo-psychiatric-ce/


text: The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill "awards a $25 million bonus" to House members.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Stimulus bill bestows $25 million bonus to House members? 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/11/facebook-posts/stimulus-bill-bestows-25-million-bonus-house-membe/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Kaine accurately recalls the time Gadhafi had a tent put up on Trump's estate
review_date: 2016-09-15T17:48:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/15/tim-kaine/kaine-accurately-recalls-time-gadhafi-had-tent-put/


claimant: Michelle Malkin
claim_date: 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Did Pat McCrory help immigrants get driver's licenses?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Pat McCrory “shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/30/michelle-malkin/did-pat-mccrory-help-immigrants-get-drivers-licens/


claimant: Brian Kemp
claim_date: 2017-08-23T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-08-31T02:06:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/30/brian-kemp/calls-take-down-washington-and-jefferson-statues/

title:
Kemp decries calls by 'radical left' to remove Washington, Jefferson statues. We looked for examples


text: Tom Hanks has a volleyball to keep him company while he’s quarantined.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Tom Hanks doesn’t have a Wilson volleyball for his coronavirus quarantine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/12/viral-image/no-tom-hanks-doesnt-have-wilson-volleyball-his-cor/


text: Photo shows Queen Elizabeth II being carried across a river by African porters.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show African porters carrying queen over river
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/12/facebook-posts/no-photo-doesnt-show-african-porters-carrying-quee/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Per-mile fee would be tested, but no proof plan is aimed at making cars obsolete
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/12/viral-image/-mile-fee-would-be-tested-no-proof-plan-aimed-maki/


claimant: Kevin Downing
claim_date: 2019-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: The Pants on Fire claim that two courts backed Trump's claim of no collusion with Russia
review_date: 2019-03-14T18:48:20Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/14/kevin-downing/pants-fire-claim-two-courts-backed-trumps-claim-no/


text: Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2020-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Both Cuomo, de Blasio can exercise power to close NYC schools
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/30/andrew-cuomo/both-cuomo-de-blasio-can-exercise-power-close-nyc-/


text: "Norfolk naval base has been taken by NATO."
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Viral TikTok falsely claims NATO took over U.S.’s largest naval base
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/27/tiktok-posts/viral-tiktok-falsely-claims-nato-took-over-uss-lar/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: This Abraham Lincoln quote is fake but it’s close to something he actually said
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Abraham Lincoln said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/26/viral-image/abraham-lincoln-quote-fake-its-close-something-he-/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Viral tweet cites made-up CDC ‘COVID-19 survival rates’ to downplay vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/22/tweets/viral-tweet-cites-made-cdc-covid-19-survival-rates/


text: "Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget."
claimant: David Crowley
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Child care costs can take a big bite of the family budget
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/03/david-crowley/child-care-costs-can-take-big-bite-family-budget/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claim about Ariz. mail-ballots is based on misunderstanding of early voting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that in the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Ariz., "74,243 mail-in ballots were counted with 'no clear record of them being sent.'"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/19/donald-trump/no-evidence-74000-ariz-mail-ballots-cast-2020-elec/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, autopsy doesn’t say George Floyd died of overdose
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Toxicology report was made public by the MN prosecution revealing the cause of George Floyd’s death was a fentanyl overdose.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/30/facebook-posts/no-autopsy-doesnt-say-george-floyd-died-overdose/


claimant: Russ Feingold
claim_date: 2016-10-07T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-05-20T12:58:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has "paid to export throughout the world" Wahhabism -- "an extreme form of Islam" that basically teaches "Americans are the devil."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/21/russ-feingold/russ-feingold-says-us-ally-saudi-arabia-exports-ex/

title:
Russ Feingold says U.S. ally Saudi Arabia exports extreme Islam that teaches Americans are the devil


claimant: Rahm Emanuel
claim_date: 2017-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Scoop, toss and spin: Digging into Rahm Emanuel's budget claim
review_date: 2017-08-14T14:41:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/rahm-emanuel/scoop-toss-and-spin-digging-rahm-emanuels-budget-c/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Christian Eriksen, Danish soccer player who collapsed, didn’t receive the Pfizer vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says professional soccer player Christian Eriksen received the Pfizer vaccine days before he collapsed during a game.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/14/instagram-posts/christian-eriksen-danish-soccer-player-who-collaps/


claimant: Donald Trump
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: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Barack Obama and Joe Biden "passed a tax bill that gave us all of these privileges for depreciation, tax credits. We build a building, and we get tax credits, like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave."


text: "More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2017-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Abbott says more Texans have jobs than ever before
review_date: 2017-08-03T19:57:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-says-more-texans-have-jobs-ever/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Unfounded Oklahoma City bombing conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton resurfaces
review_date: 2019-05-02T13:28:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton was to be indicted over the Whitewater scandal four days before documents related to the case were destroyed in the Oklahoma City bombing.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/01/facebook-posts/unfounded-oklahoma-city-bombing-conspiracy-theory-/


text: A photo shows Barack Obama looking through binoculars the wrong way.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: A doctored photo appears to show Obama using binoculars wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/07/viral-image/doctored-photo-appears-show-obama-using-binoculars/


text: Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: No proof mosquitoes transfer COVID-19 between people
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/27/facebook-posts/no-proof-mosquitoes-transfer-covid-19-between-peop/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: BlackRock, Fox and Tucker Carlson: Untangling a web of corporate ownership claims
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
BlackRock owns 59 million shares of Dominion Voting Systems and 45.7 million shares of Fox News. BlackRock sued itself and fired Tucker Carlson as part of the lawsuit.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/26/facebook-posts/blackrock-fox-and-tucker-carlson-untangling-a-web/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Mariah Carey didn’t fake getting her COVID-19 vaccine. A retractable needle was used
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mariah Carey faked getting her COVID-19 vaccine because the needle can’t be seen coming out of her arm.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/instagram-posts/mariah-carey-didnt-fake-getting-her-covid-19-vacci/


text: COVID-19 vaccines contain luciferase.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain luciferase
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/19/blog-posting/no-covid-19-vaccines-dont-contain-luciferase/


claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, bags of ballots are not a sign of fraud in Maricopa County, Arizona
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/17/instagram-posts/no-bags-ballots-are-not-sign-fraud-maricopa-county/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Obama said, “If we don’t do something about this president, I will”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Barack Obama said, ‘If we don’t do something about this president, I will’ at DNC fundraiser last night."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/19/viral-image/no-evidence-obama-said-if-we-dont-do-something-abo/


claimant: The Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that a dumpster dive found 2020 cast ballots shredded in Arizona
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Ballots in Arizona’s Maricopa County” from the 2020 presidential election “found shredded and in dumpster days before Senate audit to begin.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/09/gateway-pundit/no-evidence-dumpster-dive-found-2020-cast-ballots-/


text: “Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: The distorted claim that 86,391 voters in Maricopa ‘don’t appear to exist’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/30/facebook-posts/distorted-claim-86391-voters-maricopa-dont-appear-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts mislead on Democratic senators’ records
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Congress, Elizabeth Warren introduced 110 bills. 2 passed. Cory Booker introduced 120 bills. 0 passed. Kamala Harris introduced 54 bills. 0 passed. Bernie Sanders never held a job until age 53. He lived off of welfare and four different women."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/27/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-mislead-democratic-senators-rec/


text: Says Bruno Mars is Michael Jackson’s son.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Bruno Mars is a musician’s son, but not Michael Jackson’s
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/07/facebook-posts/bruno-mars-musicians-son-not-michael-jacksons/


text: "The causation standard in Indiana is exactly the same as it is in Illinois."
claimant: David Menchetti
claim_date: 2016-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Illinois, Indiana work comp law: Same words, different results
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/19/david-menchetti/illinois-indiana-work-comp-law-same-words-differen/


claimant: Steve Cortes
claim_date: 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Are 55 percent of immigrants in California on welfare? That's an exaggeration
review_date: 2018-01-29T17:47:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/29/steve-cortes/are-55-percent-immigrants-california-welfare-s-exa/


text: The military arrested “bedridden Gavin Newsom.”
claimant: Blog
claim_date: 2021-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military didn’t arrest Gov. Gavin Newsom
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/11/blog-posting/no-military-didnt-arrest-gov-gavin-newsom/


text: "On ISIS, (Michael Bennet) chose the (Washington) insiders over our generals."
claimant: Restoration PAC
claim_date: 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Group says Sen. Bennet chose Washington 'insiders over our generals' in war on ISIS
review_date: 2016-10-27T20:14:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/27/restoration-pac/group-says-sen-bennet-chose-washington-insiders-ov/


claimant: TikTok
claim_date: 2023-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Utopia’ TV thriller didn’t predict the COVID-19 pandemic or prove it was planned
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Amazon’s “Utopia” TV series predicted the COVID-19 pandemic and an intentional effort to sterilize humans, showing the pandemic was planned.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/07/tiktok-posts/utopia-tv-thriller-didnt-predict-the-covid-19-pand/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/27/fact-checking-donald-trumps-points-about-economy/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's talking points about the economy
review_date: 2018-07-27T20:45:39Z
textual_rating: Strong, but not amazing
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the second quarter of this year, the United States economy grew at the amazing rate of 4.1 percent."


claimant: Jerrold Nadler
claim_date: 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/24/house-members-exaggerated-facts-questioning-robert/
title: Fact-check: How House members exaggerated facts in questioning Robert Mueller
review_date: 2019-07-24T19:55:19Z
textual_rating: No direct link
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the Paul Manafort case alone, you recovered as much as $42 million—so that the cost of your investigation to the taxpayers approaches zero."


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton correct that gun deaths for young black males outpace next 9 causes combined
review_date: 2016-09-27T18:36:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African-American men, more than the next nine causes put together."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correct-gun-deaths-young-black-mal/


text: On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
claimant: Republican Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2022-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Wis. Gov. Evers didn’t cause slowdown of state crime labs
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/26/republican-party-wisconsin/wis-gov-evers-didnt-cause-slowdown-state-crime-lab/


text: “Maybe they’re just calling the common cold … the omicron variant.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, public health officials aren’t passing off common cold as omicron variant
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/20/facebook-posts/no-public-health-officials-arent-passing-common-co/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Southwest, airline pilots union deny claims that anti-vaccine walkouts prompted cancellations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/11/tweets/southwest-airline-pilots-union-deny-claims-anti-va/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence recent justice reform efforts kept Brooklyn subway shooter out of jail
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Leftist justice reform” is the reason that the NYC subway shooting suspect wasn’t in jail at the time of the attack.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/18/facebook-posts/no-evidence-recent-justice-reform-efforts-kept-bro/


text: Says Joe Biden “wants to put a 3% annual federal tax on your home.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden doesn’t want to impose a federal tax on homes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/08/facebook-posts/no-joe-biden-doesnt-want-impose-federal-tax-homes/


claimant: Richard Ojeda
claim_date: 2018-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Does CEO Mary Barra earn 295 times average GM worker?
review_date: 2018-12-06T20:42:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/06/richard-ojeda/does-ceo-mary-barra-earn-295-times-average-gm-work/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/06/speech-analyzer-donald-trumps-independence-day-wee/
title: The Independence Day speech analyzer: Donald Trump’s weekend addresses
review_date: 2020-07-06T22:40:30Z
textual_rating: Paints protesters with broad brush
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities."


claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2021-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Cotton falsely claims Joe Biden halted the deportation of criminals
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/26/tom-cotton/tom-cotton-falsely-claims-joe-biden-halted-deporta/


text: “Jill Biden makes stunning admission after” President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Jill Biden did not make ‘stunning admission,’ said the president is ‘fine’ after COVID-19 diagnosis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/22/facebook-posts/jill-biden-did-not-make-stunning-admission-said-pr/


text: Quaden Bayles committed suicide.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t believe this blog post about Quaden Bayles committing suicide
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/05/blog-posting/dont-believe-blog-post-about-quaden-bayles-committ/


claimant: Arizona Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Martha McSally's position on birth control
review_date: 2018-10-19T16:18:25Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rep. Martha McSally "has repeatedly tried to limit women’s access to birth control, and she even cosponsored a bill to make contraception more expensive for women."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/19/arizona-democratic-party/it-true-martha-mcsally-backed-bill-make-birth-cont/


claimant: Texas Auto Dealers Association
claim_date: 2016-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Car dealers tout $500 in average consumer savings, but cited study not so extensive
review_date: 2016-10-18T22:05:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that compared to direct sales by manufacturers, consumers "save avg of $500 per car sold through franchised dealer model."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/18/texas-automobile-dealers-association/car-dealers-association-incorrectly-ties-500-savin/


text: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Recent U.S. smallpox vaccine order unrelated to monkeypox outbreaks, according to the government
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/08/facebook-posts/recent-us-smallpox-vaccine-order-unrelated-monkeyp/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Grand juries determined alleged sex trafficking ‘Franklin scandal’ in Omaha was a hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The “Franklin scandal” broke in 1989 “when hundreds of children were apparently flown around the US to be abused by high ranking ‘Establishment’ members."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/29/facebook-posts/grand-juries-determined-alleged-sex-trafficking-fr/


claimant: Daniel Biss
claim_date: 2017-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Biss accurate in sarcastic tax hit on opponents Pritzker, Kennedy
review_date: 2017-12-04T20:43:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
These guys are now pretty much living up to the @BruceRauner standard. And falling dismally short of the @MittRomney standard. Even Romney released his full tax returns.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/04/daniel-biss/biss-accurate-sarcastic-tax-hit-opponents-pritzker/


claimant: Bill Cassidy
claim_date: 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: How much did New York’s revenue suffer in the pandemic year?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/26/bill-cassidy/how-much-did-new-yorks-revenue-suffer-pandemic-yea/


text: Video shows child shouting an expletive at Jill Biden.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Video of child shouting expletive at Jill Biden has been altered
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/viral-image/video-child-shouting-expletive-jill-biden-has-been/


claimant: Future 45
claim_date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: A vote for any Democrat is not a vote for socialism, open borders and tax increases
review_date: 2018-10-24T22:01:20Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Voting for "any Democrat" gets you "socialism ... undefended open borders ... immediate tax increases ... 100 percent government-run health care ..."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/future45/democrat-not-socialism-tax-increase-open-borders/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/feb/18/fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-florida-rall/
title: Fact-checking President Donald Trump's Florida rally
review_date: 2017-08-18T15:51:54Z
textual_rating: savings came before Trump
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he negotiated for the defense contractor Lockheed Martin to shave "hundreds of millions of dollars off the price."


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: FDA approval is required for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to change ingredients in shots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Because the Covid shots are still manufactured under the Emergency Use Authorization, they can change up to 49% of the ingredients without FDA approval."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/22/instagram-posts/fda-approval-required-covid-19-vaccine-manufacture/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccines did not cause a 17% increase in deaths in Australia in 2022
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Australia, a “17% increase in heart attack deaths” in the first eight months of 2022 is linked to COVID-19 vaccination.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/instagram-posts/covid-19-vaccines-did-not-cause-17-increase-deaths/


text: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Are the suburbs “by and large integrated,” as Joe Biden said?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/01/joe-biden/are-suburbs-and-large-integrated-joe-biden-said/


text: "Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk."
claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Like Trump, 'Hamilton was an immigration hawk,' Rush Limbaugh says
review_date: 2016-11-22T22:51:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/22/rush-limbaugh/trump-hamilton-was-immigration-hawk-rush-limbaugh-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: No truth to claim that Medicare is offering free dental care
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Biden announces Medicare stimulus that provides free dental work to all Seniors who need it! Crowns and implants included.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/27/facebook-posts/no-truth-claim-medicare-offering-free-dental-care/


text: “Biden admits $5 is being done on purpose” and “this has been his plan all along.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t admit to plotting to make gasoline prices high
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/18/instagram-posts/no-biden-didnt-admit-plotting-make-gasoline-prices/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says rise in unemployment statistic shows weakness of labor market
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:55:31Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/may/07/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-rise-employment-statistic-shows/


text: “Clinton ally mysteriously dies.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: No mystery: Former Clinton White House official died after jet turbulence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/15/facebook-posts/no-mystery-former-clinton-white-house-official-die/


text: "We beat the NRA with tough, tough gun laws" in Colorado.
claimant: John Hickenlooper
claim_date: 2019-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper on beating NRA with 'tough' Colorado gun laws
review_date: 2019-05-30T18:12:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/30/john-hickenlooper/fact-checking-presidential-hopeful-john-hickenloop/


claimant: Lucy McBath
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: In tying Trump backer Karen Handel to Trump, Lucy McBath errs on Handel votes
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, "gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies" and for "abortion bans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/lucy-mcbath/tying-trump-backer-karen-handel-trump-lucy-mcbath-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts misrepresent safety of Bath & Body Works products during pregnancy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bath and Body Works products are not recommended during pregnancy because they are suspected of “damaging fertility or the unborn child.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/22/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-misrepresent-safety-bath-body-w/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrong on size and timing of military pay increases
review_date: 2018-12-27T21:31:08Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/27/donald-trump/trump-military-pay-increases-wrong-size-timing/


text: "Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Doctors' deaths were not connected, as website claims
review_date: 2017-04-04T19:01:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/04/blog-posting/doctors-deaths-were-not-connected-fake-news-websit/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi tried “once again” to include abortion funding in the latest coronavirus bill.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims that Pelosi tried to add abortion funding in new coronavirus bill
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/02/blog-posting/fact-checking-claims-pelosi-tried-add-abortion-fun/


text: Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden takes Donald Trump’s words about gang members out of context
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/09/joe-biden/joe-biden-takes-donald-trumps-words-about-gang-mem/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s stats on children arriving at the border
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/26/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-stats-children-arriving-b/


text: “U.S. military arrests Michael Sussmann.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military didn’t arrest Michael Sussmann
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/10/facebook-posts/no-military-didnt-arrest-michael-sussmann/


text: Video shows “Trump supporters lining up on Fifth Ave in Manhattan on Sunday.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Trump supporters demonstrating in 2020, not 2023
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/22/facebook-posts/video-shows-trump-supporters-demonstrating-2020-no/


claimant: Joe Donnelly
claim_date: 2018-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did Mike Braun endorse three initiatives to end coverage for pre-existing conditions?
review_date: 2018-08-20T15:18:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mike Braun has supported two proposals and a lawsuit to end coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/20/joe-donnelly/mike-braun-end-coverage-pre-existing-conditions/


claimant: Ivanka Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/05/ivanka-trump/book-john-quincy-adams-quote/
title: Ivanka Trump's new book includes quote falsely and frequently attributed to John Quincy Adams
review_date: 2017-05-05T20:01:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says John Quincy Adams said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/24/donald-trump-made-8-misleading-claims-about-immigr/
title: Donald Trump made 8 misleading claims about immigration on Fox and Friends
review_date: 2018-05-24T17:37:30Z
textual_rating: Not what Pelosi said
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
‘The Democrats are sticking up for MS-13, you heard Nancy Pelosi the other day, like trying to find all sorts of reasons why they should be able to stay’


claimant: Bill Nelson
claim_date: 2018-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Nelson claims detained immigrant parents charged $8/minute to call their children. Is it true?
review_date: 2018-07-26T19:24:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 dollars a minute to call their children."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/26/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-claims-detained-immigrant-parents-char/


text: Former Attorney General Bill Barr “says Donald Trump is a spy.”
claimant: Mark Kaye
claim_date: 2023-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Claim is wrong: Donald Trump’s former attorney general did not call the former president a spy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/20/mark-kaye/claim-is-wrong-donald-trumps-former-attorney-gener/


text: “Breaking news Kim Jong Un has pass(ed) away.”
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: There are no breaking news reports that Kim Jong Un has died
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/22/youtube-videos/there-are-no-breaking-news-reports-kim-jong-un-has/


claimant: Team PAC
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: In race for open US Senate seat in Missouri, fact-checking a PAC attack on Eric Schmitt over China
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/09/team-pac/race-open-us-senate-seat-missouri-fact-checking-pa/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Online offers for up to $5,000 in stimulus loans aren’t authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Emergency stimulus loans “are finally available to U.S. citizens up to $5,000 even with poor credit.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/facebook-posts/online-offers-for-up-to-5000-in-stimulus-loans-are/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2009-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Pence says Democrats' plan to spend TARP money on economic stimulus is unlawful
review_date: 2016-07-15T14:27:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2009/dec/08/mike-pence/pence-says-democrats-plan-spend-tarp-money-economi/


text: With the Trump tax law, "70 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent."
claimant: Sherrod Brown
claim_date: 2019-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Do 70% of the benefits from Trump's tax law benefit the wealthiest 1%, as Sen. Sherrod Brown says?
review_date: 2019-03-05T23:00:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/05/sherrod-brown/do-70-benefits-trumps-tax-law-benefit-wealthiest-1/


text: The media reported on “5 TikTok dances you can do to help Ukraine fight Russia.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Story about TikTok dances to help Ukraine is satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/03/viral-image/story-about-tiktok-dances-help-ukraine-satire/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2018-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/nov/13/trump-rick-scott-allege-fraud-broward-no-evidence/
title: Donald Trump and Rick Scott allege fraud in Broward, Palm Beach vote counting without any evidence
review_date: 2018-11-13T18:51:47Z
textual_rating: No proof of fraud
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every Floridian should be concerned there may be rampant fraud happening in Palm Beach and Broward Counties."


claimant: Jeff Williams
claim_date: 2018-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Apple offbeat in claim about ‘first’ EKG consumer product
review_date: 2018-09-14T21:48:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The new Apple Watch Series 4 includes "the first ECG product offered over-the-counter directly to consumers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/14/jeff-williams/apple-beat-claim-about-first-ekg-consumer-product/


claimant: Chuck Todd
claim_date: 2022-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Supreme Court nominees confirmed by opposite party in Senate are rare
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/31/chuck-todd/supreme-court-nominees-confirmed-opposite-party-se/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about people having to seek asylum ‘from abroad’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-people-having/


text: Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."
claimant: Scott Pruitt
claim_date: 2017-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: EPA head Scott Pruitt says carbon dioxide is not 'primary contributor' to global warming
review_date: 2017-03-10T16:14:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/10/scott-pruitt/epa-head-scott-pruitt-says-carbon-dioxide-not-prim/


text: "Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women."
claimant: bloggers
claim_date: 2014-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: 'Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women,' bloggers say
review_date: 2016-11-22T21:38:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/may/08/blog-posting/florida-democrats-just-voted-impose-sharia-law-wom/


text: On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2020-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson flip-flops on SCOTUS nominations in a presidential election year
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/22/ron-johnson/johnson-flip-flops-scotus-nominations-presidential/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama didn’t make it legal for media outlets to ‘purposely lie’ to the American public
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama made it "legal" for the media to "purposely lie" to the public when he "quietly signed into law HR 4310 in 2012."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/23/facebook-posts/no-obama-didnt-make-it-legal-media-outlets-purpose/


text: “Biden admits to voter fraud.”
claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2020-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: White House press secretary McEnany takes Biden’s words on voter fraud out of context
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/kayleigh-mcenany/white-house-press-secretary-mcenany-takes-bidens-w/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/09/fact-checking-donald-trumps-speech-nashville/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s economic speech in Nashville
review_date: 2018-01-09T22:40:33Z
textual_rating: Too soon to say
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Economic growth has surged past 3 percent, something that wasn’t supposed to happen for a long time. We’re way ahead of schedule."


text: Stephen Boss died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss didn’t die because of the COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/15/tweets/tephen-twitch-boss-didnt-die-because-of-the-covid/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren wades into debate on health care costs and bankruptcy
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/16/elizabeth-warren/warren-wades-debate-health-care-costs-and-bankrupt/


text: The HIV virus has been "detected in Walmart bananas after 10 year old boy contracts the virus."
claimant: CNNews3.com
claim_date: 2017-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news claims that Walmart bananas have HIV virus are fruitless
review_date: 2017-02-06T21:41:20Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/06/cnnews3com/fake-news-claims-walmart-bananas-have-hiv-virus-ar/


claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2016-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Most taxes are lower since Cuomo was elected
review_date: 2016-12-16T21:34:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
http://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2016/dec/16/andrew-cuomo/most-taxes-are-lower-cuomo-was-elected/

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/16/andrew-cuomo/most-taxes-are-lower-cuomo-was-elected/


claimant: Donald Trump
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: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Today there was a big problem in Philadelphia. They went into watch. They were called poll watchers, a very safe, very nice thing. They were thrown out. They weren't allowed to watch."


text: "They’re unable to administer vaccines if the lockdown ends because the emergency ends with it.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts wrongly claim vaccination can happen only during lockdowns
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/02/tweets/social-media-posts-wrongly-claim-vaccination-can-h/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim criticizing Nikki Fried’s suspension of Jan. 6 defendants’ gun permits
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/03/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claim-criticizing-nikki-frieds-suspe/


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: 2019-01-25T22:16:44Z
textual_rating: This is True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2013, (Ted Cruz) didn’t support (a border security bill). I did. In 2013, we passed a bill here in a bipartisan way. It got 68 votes. It had $46 billion in border security."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claim that Madison, Milwaukee are sanctuary cities has some merit but goes too far
review_date: 2020-04-17T23:46:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/17/donald-trump/trump-claim-madison-milwaukee-are-sanctuary-cities/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2021-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Did the national debt become bigger than the U.S. economy? Yes, before Biden took office
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/02/nikki-haley/did-national-debt-just-become-bigger-us-economy/


claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Does Forest want to open state aid to 'rich' North Carolina families?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Dan Forest wants to use tax dollars “to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/22/roy-cooper/does-forest-want-open-state-aid-rich-north-carolin/


text: "Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt."
claimant: Occupy Democrats
claim_date: 2023-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Social Security does add to federal budget deficit, despite Occupy Democrats’ claim to the contrary
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/18/occupy-democrats/social-security-does-add-to-federal-budget-deficit/


claimant: West Virginia Republican Party
claim_date: 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Have exports from West Virginia risen faster than the U.S. as a whole?
review_date: 2019-04-25T06:09:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"West Virginia’s exports increased for the second year in a row in 2018, reaching $8.1 billion. Additionally, West Virginia’s export growth rate was 14.2%, nearly double the national average of 7.6%."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/24/west-virginia-republican-party/have-exports-west-virginia-risen-faster-us-whole/


claimant: CatholicVote
claim_date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Catholic group’s ad attacking Biden overstates role of abortion rights as motive in church arsons
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/01/catholicvote/catholic-groups-ad-attacking-biden-overstates-role/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did Hillary Clinton say she was "satisfied" with Veterans Administration?
review_date: 2016-09-08T04:29:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton said the Veterans Affairs scandal is "over-exaggerated." "She said she was satisfied with what was going on."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/donald-trump/Trump-says-Clinton-satisfied-with-VA/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram video makes false claim about early voting, Arizona governor’s race
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Arizona, early voting would allow Kari Lake’s opponents to see how many votes they “need to fake to catch up and surpass.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/25/instagram-posts/instagram-video-falsely-says-early-voting-would-al/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2023-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Do Florida school standards say ‘enslaved people benefited from slavery,’ as Kamala Harris said?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/24/kamala-harris/do-Florida-school-standards-say-enslaved-people/


text: Says Joe Biden is “going to control how much meat you can eat.”
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy repeats Pants on Fire claim that Biden will ‘control’ how much meat Americans eat
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/29/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthy-repeats-pants-fire-claim-biden-will/


text: “Car thefts (are) increasing in 8 of the 10 most populous (Wisconsin) counties.”
claimant: Chris Kapenga
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, auto theft is up in most large Wisconsin counties, though down statewide
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/12/chris-kapanga/yes-auto-theft-most-large-wisconsin-counties-thoug/


text: Unleaded gas costs nearly $7 in Lancaster, Calif.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Photos of high gas prices are at a California station that’s not yet open
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/18/viral-image/photos-high-gas-prices-are-california-station-s-no/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Satirical ‘fact check’ headline on Pelosi, impeachment costs spreads online
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a "fact check" shows that Nancy Pelosi moved "billions of Social Security funds to cover impeachment costs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/22/blog-posting/satire-fact-check-headline-pelosi-impeachment-cost/


text: Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2018-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Can state force Foxconn to install solar panels for public use?
review_date: 2018-06-06T17:18:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/06/tony-evers/can-state-force-foxconn-install-solar-panels-publi/


text: Says Kayleigh McEnany is John F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kayleigh McEnany isn’t JFK Jr.’s daughter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/20/viral-image/no-kayleigh-mcenany-isnt-jfk-jrs-daughter/


text: "Vitamins aren’t FDA approved, but Twinkies are.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: The FDA didn’t approve Twinkies, just some of its ingredients
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/07/facebook-posts/the-fda-didnt-approve-twinkies-just-some-of-its-in/


claimant: Matt Flynn
claim_date: 2018-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Flynn says Foxconn won't face wetlands oversight. Is he correct?
review_date: 2018-07-11T15:47:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Foxconn will not face oversight from any federal, state, or local agency to guarantee it complies with our wetlands protection laws."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/11/matt-flynn/wisconsin-gubernatorial-candidate-flynn-says-foxco/


text: Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.”
claimant: Doug Jones
claim_date: 2020-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Doug Jones exaggerates Tommy Tuberville’s position on Social Security, Medicare
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/13/doug-jones/doug-jones-misleads-about-tommy-tubervilles-positi/


text: "Busted: Obama is holding secret meetings to overtake the White House"
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: Website touts misleading headline about Obama plotting White House takeover
review_date: 2018-06-21T15:28:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/21/blog-posting/-website-falsely-claims-obama-was-bust/


text: Says Glenn Grothman "is the single-most partisan member of the House."
claimant: Dan Kohl
claim_date: 2017-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Is Wisconsin's Glenn Grothman, as his rival claims, the most-partisan member of the U.S. House?
review_date: 2017-11-08T17:39:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/08/dan-kohl/wisconsins-glenn-grothman-his-rival-claims-most-pa/


claimant: Mary Felzkowski
claim_date: 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, vaccination does not cause COVID-19 to mutate faster
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Over-vaccination causes faster mutation of the (COVID-19) virus, which causes a super virus we may not have the ability to fight off.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/01/mary-felzkowski/no-vaccination-does-not-cause-covid-19-mutate-fast/


text: Says Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits.
claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Vos mostly right with claim that Wisconsin was last state to pay out federal unemployment benefits
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/30/robin-vos/vos-mostly-right-claim-wisconsin-was-last-state-pa/


text: “Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.
claimant: Infowars
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Biden plan to require more bank account reporting to IRS is still a proposal
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/15/infowars/biden-plan-require-more-bank-account-reporting-irs/


text: New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."
claimant: Christine Quinn
claim_date: 2018-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Does New York state have the second highest tax on the wealthy? No
review_date: 2018-05-31T18:04:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/31/christine-quinn/does-new-york-state-have-second-highest-tax-wealth/


text: Says Donald Trump “wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage.”
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage
review_date: 2016-07-08T22:59:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/08/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-wants-get-rid-federal/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t ingest borax: Experts say the cleaning product is a dangerous substitute for boron
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Borax can be used to treat a variety of health problems, including joint pain, kidney stones, osteoporosis and chronic fatigue.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/27/facebook-posts/dont-ingest-borax-experts-say-the-cleaning-product/


text: Says Herman Cain died of cancer, not COVID-19.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: Herman Cain died of COVID-19, not cancer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/facebook-posts/herman-cain-died-covid-19-not-cancer/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly blames Obama for limits on coronavirus testing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing” on the coronavirus.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-blames-obama-limits-coronavirus-test/


text: Buzz Aldrin’s comments during an interview with Conan O’Brien prove the moon landing was fake.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Some TV coverage of the 1969 moon landing was animated, but that doesn’t mean the event was fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/16/viral-image/some-tv-coverage-1969-moon-landing-was-animated-do/


text: Photo shows “Dr. Fauci, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama at the Wuhan Lab in 2015.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show Fauci and Obama in Wuhan
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/16/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-fauci-and-obama-wuhan/


text: The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading post links unemployment benefits and reduced tax refunds
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/03/facebook-posts/misleading-post-links-unemployment-benefits-and-re/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/09/monoclonal-coronavirus-cocktails-all-free-not-simp/
title: Monoclonal coronavirus cocktails for all, for free? Not as simple as Trump’s sell
textual_rating: No evidence of this
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hundreds of thousands of vials (of antibody drug) are being sent to the hospitals all over the country."


text: “Texas has launched ‘Operation Lone Star’ to finish the border wall themselves.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Texas isn’t finishing the border wall with Operation Lone Star
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/23/facebook-posts/no-texas-isnt-finishing-border-wall-operation-lone/


text: Say Joe Biden is a pedophile.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the pedophilia attacks against Joe Biden
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/12/facebook-posts/fact-checking-pedophilia-attacks-against-joe-biden/


claimant: House Republican staff
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/03/fact-checking-house-republicans-impeachment-report/
title: Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine
review_date: 2019-12-03T22:21:51Z
textual_rating: Undercut by evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trump’s actions were rooted in his "long-standing, deep-seated skepticism of Ukraine due to its history of pervasive corruption."


text: "FOX Network Picks Up ‘Roseanne,’ Saying It Has No Problem With Occasional Racism"
claimant: potus-press.com
claim_date: 2018-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Website falsely claims Fox announced plans to pick up 'Roseanne' show
review_date: 2018-06-01T19:38:17Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/01/blog-posting/website-falsely-claims-fox-announced-plans-pick-ro/


text: The Gates Foundation "has the patent for this coronavirus."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: The Gates Foundation does not have a patent for the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/facebook-posts/gates-foundation-does-not-have-patent-coronavirus/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson incorrectly claims there are no approved COVID-19 vaccines in America
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/ron-johnson/johnson-incorrectly-claims-there-are-no-approved-c/


claimant: David Harris Jr.
claim_date: 2023-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Justice Department web page revisions did not lower priority of fighting child sex trafficking
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/17/david-harris-jr/justice-department-web-page-revisions-did-not-lowe/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/fact-checking-2020-state-union-address/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
review_date: 2020-02-05T06:44:04Z
textual_rating: Needs some context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In eight years under the last administration, over 300,000 working-age people dropped out of the workforce. In just three years of my administration, 3.5 million working-age people have joined the workforce."


text: "Disease-ridden" migrants from parts of Africa with Ebola are being "dumped in San Antonio."
claimant: Conservative Daily Post
claim_date: 2019-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Are migrants with diseases like Ebola being dumped in San Antonio? No
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/12/conservative-daily-post/are-migrants-diseases-ebola-being-dumped-san-anton/


claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2017-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Immigrant tale twists branches of Bruce Rauner's family tree
review_date: 2017-09-05T12:33:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"My grandparents were proud immigrants to the United States of America, here to Illinois in the late 1800s. My grandparents did not speak English when they were young."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/05/bruce-rauner/rauner-trims-twists-branches-his-family-tree-immig/


text: Says Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch "is constantly overturned."
claimant: Richard Corcoran
claim_date: 2017-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Richard Corcoran fails to prove claim that Miami judge Milton Hirsch 'constantly overturned'
review_date: 2017-07-11T15:10:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/11/richard-corcoran/richard-corcoran-fails-prove-claim-miami-judge-mil/


text: Roy Blunt "voted to raise his own pay 12 times" while in Congress.
claimant: Jason Kander
claim_date: 2016-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Kander ad accusing Blunt of voting to raise his pay is misleading
review_date: 2016-11-06T17:59:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/06/jason-kander/kander-ad-accusing-blunt-voting-raise-his-pay-misl/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi correct that renewing kids' health program saves money
review_date: 2018-01-24T17:07:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program "for six years saves $1 billion" and doing it for 10 years saves $6 billion.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/24/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-correct-renewing-kids-health-program-/


text: “13 nations agree to abolish farming in order to save the planet.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: The US and 12 other countries did not agree to ‘abolish farming’ to mitigate climate change
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/03/instagram-posts/the-us-and-12-other-countries-did-not-agree-to-abo/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2018-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Wildfires or cars? Which produces more emissions?
review_date: 2018-08-29T21:29:25Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/29/kevin-mccarthy/wildfires-or-cars-which-produces-more-emissions/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/aug/16/trump-takes-aim-amazon-barbed-tweet/
title: Trump takes aim at Amazon in barbed tweet. What are the facts?
review_date: 2017-08-16T22:21:43Z
textual_rating: Distorts the facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt - many jobs being lost!"


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hitler didn’t say this about World War III
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Adolf Hitler said, “The day mankind finds out what I was trying to defend this nation, Germany, from, then that’s the day World War III starts.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/18/viral-image/no-hitler-didnt-say-about-world-war-iii/


claimant: Democratic Underground
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Firm led by top donor to Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t a major Regeneron investor
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/19/democratic-underground/firm-led-top-donor-fla-gov-ron-desantis-donor-isnt/


text: The omicron variant’s name is evidence the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: The new coronavirus variant is named for a letter in the Greek alphabet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/30/viral-image/new-coronavirus-variant-named-letter-greek-alphabe/


text: Says Florida officials amended a contract from Lockheed Martin from 305 promised jobs to six.
claimant: Richard Corcoran
claim_date: 2017-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Florida House speaker's claim about a watered-down Lockheed Martin jobs deal
review_date: 2017-03-27T15:17:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/27/richard-corcoran/fact-checking-florida-house-speakers-claim-about-l/


text: "Miami Dolphins fire 2 kneeling players before pre-season kickoff."
claimant: us24.online
claim_date: 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Miami Dolphins hasn’t fired national anthem kneelers
review_date: 2018-09-10T17:26:04Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/10/blog-posting/miami-dolphins-hasnt-fired-national-anthem-kneeler/


text: “Mom of Barack Obama’s chef speaks out to expose Obama family.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Tafari Campbell’s mother didn’t accuse former President Barack Obama in her son’s death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/28/facebook-posts/no-tafari-campbells-mother-didnt-accuse-former-pre/


claimant: J. Christian Adams
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: The misleading claim that millions of absentee ballots end up ‘missing or in landfills’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/09/j-christian-adams/misleading-claim-millions-absentee-ballots-end-mis/


text: Easing school lunch regulations "is not reducing the nutritional standards whatsoever."
claimant: Sonny Perdue
claim_date: 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Sonny Perdue changes school lunch rules, but says Obama standards for milk, grains remain
review_date: 2017-05-04T22:08:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/04/sonny-perdue/ag-sec-perdue-changes-school-lunch-rules-says-stan/


text: Elon Musk tweeted that he “just downloaded Threads” and it “sucks.”
claimant: Threads posts
claim_date: 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: The Threads app is here, and no, Elon Musk did not tweet that it ‘sucks’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/06/threads-posts/the-threads-app-is-here-and-no-elon-musk-did-not-t/


text: "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win."
claimant: Xavier Becerra
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Is California really ‘winning’ in court against the Trump administration?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/25/xavier-becerra/california-really-winning-court-against-trump-admi/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis leaves out context in claim that Andrew Gillum wants to abolish ICE
review_date: 2018-09-11T16:03:56Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Andrew Gillum "wants to abolish ICE and doesn't believe in doing any type of immigration enforcement."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/11/ron-desantis/ron-desantis-claims-andrew-gillum-wants-abolish-ic/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, ICE didn't check immigration papers immediately after El Paso shooting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/06/viral-image/no-ice-didnt-check-immigration-papers-immediately-/


claimant: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
claim_date: 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: In Florida congressional race, Carlos Gimenez’s salary, car come under attack
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/30/debbie-mucarsel-powell/florida-congressional-race-carlos-gimenezs-salary-/


claimant: Arnold Schwarzenegger
claim_date: 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Bakersfield has far more jobs in oil than solar, despite Schwarzenegger’s false claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/06/arnold-schwarzenegger/more-jobs-solar-oil-bakersfield-arnold-schwarzeneg/


text: "Clinton Foundation ordered to cease operations – Chelsea (Clinton) charged with fraud!"
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Was Chelsea Clinton charged with fraud as Clinton Foundation shut down? No, it's fake news
review_date: 2017-05-09T17:18:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/09/blog-posting/chelsea-clinton-charged-fraud-clinton-foundation-s/


text: A printer error in Nassau County, New York, turned every registered voter Democratic.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Did a printer error in Nassau County, N.Y., turn every registered voter Democratic?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/tweets/did-a-printer-error-in-nassau-county-ny-turn-every/


claimant: Chris Taylor
claim_date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin State Rep. Chris Taylor on the mark with prison claim
review_date: 2019-06-04T21:45:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We saw the prison population expand and vacancy rates for correctional officers go from 2.9% to 15.2%" over the last eight years.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/04/chris-taylor/wisconsin-state-rep-chris-taylor-mark-prison-claim/


text: “U.S. is testing new most deadly nuclear bomb from B-1B Lancer.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, the United States isn’t testing a nuclear bomb from the B-1B Lancer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/26/facebook-posts/no-united-states-isnt-testing-nuclear-bomb-b-1b-la/


text: Comedian Heather McDonald collapsed on stage as a result of the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence COVID-19 vaccine caused comedian Heather McDonald’s fall
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/09/facebook-posts/no-evidence-covid-19-vaccine-caused-comedian-heath/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Do immigrants cost U.S. taxpayers $300 billion annually?
review_date: 2018-01-23T16:12:25Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/23/donald-trump/does-immigration-policy-impose-300-billion-annuall/


text: “Election worker brags about destroying Trump ballots; rips up a ballot for DJT on video.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show an election worker destroying Trump ballots. It was a joke.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/10/blog-posting/no-video-doesnt-show-election-worker-destroying-tr/


text: Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."
claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2017-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: In Russian hacking case, did Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman use 'password' as his password?
review_date: 2017-01-11T18:07:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/11/reince-priebus/russian-hacking-case-did-hillary-clintons-campaign/


text: Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was photographed at dinner with Democratic lawmakers.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, that wasn't Sotomayor at dinner with Dems. It was Schumer's wife
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/11/facebook-posts/chuck-schumers-wife-misidentified-photo-justice-so/


text: "Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."
claimant: Tom "Smitty" Smith
claim_date: 2016-04-22T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-04-25T15:44:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/22/tom-smitty-smith/tom-smith-public-citizen-says-600000-texas-registe/

title:
Tom Smith of Public Citizen says 600,000 Texas registered voters lack valid photo IDs to go to polls


text: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Despite new adverb, Trump's claim about Clinton wanting to 'abolish' 2nd Amendment is still False
review_date: 2016-07-22T03:51:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/despite-new-adverb-trumps-claim-about-clinton-want/


text: Says Joe Biden’s presidential campaign donated $20 million to bail out protesters.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden’s campaign didn’t donate $20 million to bail out protesters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/03/facebook-posts/no-joe-bidens-campaign-didnt-donate-20-million-bai/


text: Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.
claimant: Franklin Graham
claim_date: 2020-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Sweden’s COVID-19 infection rate without shutdown
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/24/franklin-graham/fact-checking-swedens-covid-infection-rate-without/


text: Says Tallahassee "is experiencing a five-year low in our crime rate."
claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2018-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Andrew Gillum says crime dropping in Tallahassee
review_date: 2018-10-08T20:07:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/08/andrew-gillum/andrew-gillum-says-crime-dropping-tallahassee/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-10-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/oct/22/fact-checking-andrew-gillum-ron-desantis-florida-g/
title: Fact-checking the CNN Florida governor's debate between Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum
review_date: 2018-10-22T02:35:44Z
textual_rating: Program remains
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"(Medicare for All legislation) actually abolishes Medicare for seniors. It abolishes Medicare Advantage. It abolishes Tricare."


claimant: Tammy Duckworth
claim_date: 2016-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Tammy Duckworth says Mark Kirk called for the 'mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans'
review_date: 2016-10-14T18:38:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/15/tammy-duckworth/says-mark-kirk-called-mass-arrest-18000-african-am/


text: "Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."
claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats didn't object to Neil Gorsuch's 2006 confirmation, Mitch McConnell says
review_date: 2017-02-03T20:36:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/03/mitch-mcconnell/democrats-didnt-object-neil-gorsuchs-2006-confirma/


claimant: Senate Majority PAC
claim_date: 2022-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Democrats’ claim about dog deaths in Mehmet Oz’s heart research lab
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A dog endured “unimaginable pain and suffering” during heart research experiments, “just one of 300 killed in (Dr. Mehmet) Oz’s lab.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/19/senate-majority-pac/fact-checking-democrats-claim-that-gop-senate-cand/


text: Says "the Kardashians donate whopping sum to Las Vegas mass shooting victims"
claimant: HoustonChronicle-tv.com
claim_date: 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: It's fake news that Kardashians donate $1 million to Las Vegas shooting victims
review_date: 2017-10-03T20:59:40Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/03/houstonchronicle-tvcom/its-fake-news-kardashians-donated-1-million-las-ve/


text: Photo shows “Chuck Schumer kissing this child on Epstein island!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of man kissing child is ‘absolutely not’ senator, office says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/18/viral-image/photo-man-kissing-child-absolutely-not-senator/


text: Video shows Palestinians faking a funeral procession for a child.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Palestinians faking a funeral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/18/viral-image/no-video-doesnt-show-palestinians-faking-funeral/


claimant: Dianne Feinstein
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/nov/28/house-and-senate-tax-bills-overview/
title: The House and Senate tax bills, explained
review_date: 2017-11-07T21:20:10Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Teachers spend $1.6 BILLION per year on school supplies. The Republican tax bill ELIMINATES their ability to deduct those expenses."


claimant: Dianne Feinstein
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: A closer look at the classroom-expenses deduction for teachers: How big is it?
review_date: 2017-11-07T21:20:10Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Teachers spend $1.6 BILLION per year on school supplies. The Republican tax bill ELIMINATES their ability to deduct those expenses."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/07/dianne-feinstein/closer-look-classroom-expenses-deduction-teachers-/


text: Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still tweeting, despite baseless claims that Elon Musk banned her
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/facebook-posts/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-still-tweeting-despite-ba/


claimant: L. Lin Wood
claim_date: 2021-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: China did not orchestrate voter fraud in the 2020 election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"China was behind the interference and the effort to overthrow our government and the election, election fraud."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/19/l-lin-wood/china-did-not-orchestrate-voter-fraud-2020-electio/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a misleading photo caption about a Philadelphia ballot box
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/facebook-posts/fact-checking-misleading-photo-caption-about-phila/


claimant: Mike Romano
claim_date: 2019-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Did states with charter schools cluster below West Virginia in ACT scores?
review_date: 2019-04-04T21:03:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/04/mike-romano/did-states-charter-schools-cluster-below-west-virg/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump's claim on cost of illegal immigration, number of immigrants here illegally
review_date: 2019-01-28T22:05:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/28/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim-cost-illegal-imm/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump tweets nonsensical figures on illegal immigration
review_date: 2019-01-29T11:42:42Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
“We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country."

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/29/president-trump-tweets-nonsensical-figures-illegal-immigration/


text: Says Vladimir Putin said the West is controlled by Satanic pedophiles.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Putin didn’t say the West is controlled by Satanic pedophiles
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/04/viral-image/no-putin-didnt-say-west-controlled-satanic-pedophi/


text: “The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”
claimant: FreedomWorks
claim_date: 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Tree equity’ part of $3.5T bill targets low-income areas that have fewer trees
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/29/freedomworks/tree-equity-part-35t-bill-targets-low-income-areas/


text: Says the manager of a Checkers in Miami Gardens, Fla., killed 10 employees.
claimant: Channel24News.com
claim_date: 2017-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Story about Checkers shooting came from fake news generating website
review_date: 2017-07-06T14:18:50Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/06/channel24newscom/story-about-checkers-shooting-came-fake-news-gener/


claimant: Ohio Republican Party
claim_date: 2016-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: GOP mailer uses tricky wording to attack Ohio House candidate
review_date: 2016-11-07T20:08:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Casey Weinstein: No faith in our military" ... "When some of our cadets wanted to watch a religious film, Casey Weinstein sued the U.S. military. Sued our soldiers?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/07/ohio-republican-party/gop-mailer-uses-tricky-wording-smear-oh-candidate-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking disinformation about Louisville, a U-Haul and George Soros
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/24/facebook-posts/fact-checking-disinformation-about-louisville-u-ha/


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Post misleads about COVID-19 using tuberculosis data
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Last year alone, 10 million fell ill from TB and 1.5 million died. ... Why don’t we wear masks for TB?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/18/viral-image/post-misleads-about-covid-19-using-tuberculosis-da/


claimant: Paul Romero
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Oregon law enforcement does not have six ‘antifa arsonists’ in custody
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Pallet Company in Oregon City confirmed Antifa arsonist on camera. Douglas County Sheriff has 6 ANTIFA arsonists in custody.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/11/paul-romero/oregon-law-enforcement-does-not-have-six-antifa-ar/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Viral photo shows Lauren Boebert in Colorado, not US Capitol
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows Rep. Lauren Boebert with Capitol rioters before she gave them a tour of the building "one day before the insurrection."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/14/facebook-posts/viral-photo-shows-lauren-boebert-colorado-not-us-c/


text: Says Sen. Joe Manchin has a "$700,000 D.C. luxury yacht."
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Does Joe Manchin have a $700,000 luxury yacht?
review_date: 2018-09-28T15:02:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/28/national-republican-senatorial-committee/does-joe-manchin-have-700000-luxury-yacht/


text: “Crowd erupts as Chip Roy grills Kamala Harris as she lies in Congress” in video.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show U.S. Rep. Chip Roy grilling Vice President Kamala Harris
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/facebook-posts/video-doesnt-show-us-rep-chip-roy-grilling-vice-pr/


text: "The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."
claimant: Jesse Kremer
claim_date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Republican Wisconsin lawmaker wrongly states that it's fact that the Earth is 6,000 years old
review_date: 2017-06-08T18:14:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/08/jesse-kremer/republican-wisconsin-lawmaker-wrongly-states-its-f/


text: John Podesta is the son of Laurance Rockefeller.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Political adviser John Podesta was named after his father (who is not Laurance Rockefeller)
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/11/viral-image/political-adviser-john-podesta-was-named-after-his/


text: Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2019-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bernie Sanders didn't march with Fidel Castro in Cuba
review_date: 2019-03-05T21:52:08Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/05/facebook-posts/no-bernie-sanders-didnt-march-fidel-castro-cuba/


claimant: Elise Stefanik
claim_date: 2016-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Stefanik ad takes Derrick's comments out of context
review_date: 2016-11-03T17:49:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When asked about bills in Congress important to the North Country, Derrick responded ‘I just don’t know enough about it.’

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/elise-stefanik/stefanik-ad-takes-derricks-comments-out-context/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-05-11T14:22:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/11/paul-ryan/paul-ryans-pants-fire-claim-air-force-pilots-force/

title:
Paul Ryan's Pants on Fire claim on Air Force pilots forced to scrounge for airplane parts in museums


text: “Close to hundreds” of people died at Astroworld.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Misinformation about Astroworld death toll spreads on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/17/viral-image/misinformation-about-astroworld-death-toll-spreads/


claimant: Eric Swalwell
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Swalwell’s tweet about Georgia’s new abortion law is only slightly off-key
review_date: 2019-05-20T20:36:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The so-called ‘heartbeat’ law outlaws abortion before most women even know that they're pregnant. This is one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/13/eric-swalwell/eric-swalwells-tweet-about-georgias-new-abortion-r/


claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/24/fact-checks-first-republican-presidential-debate/
title: Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News
review_date: 2023-08-24T09:43:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Parents who show up at school board meetings, they’re called, under this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists."


text: "Nate McMurray wants to reward illegals with amnesty."
claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Jacobs’ ad exaggerates McMurray’s views on immigration
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/24/chris-jacobs/jacobs-ad-exaggerates-mcmurrays-views-immigration/


claimant: Greg Steube
claim_date: 2019-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Tab for federal benefits for the dead: $1 billion, Florida Congressman says
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/13/greg-steube/tab-federal-benefits-dead-1-billion-florida-congre/


text: "Kids in cages" in border facilities are "at 700% capacity."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking whether ‘kids in cages’ border facility is at 700% capacity
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/15/facebook-posts/fact-checking-whether-kids-cages-border-facility-7/


text: Video shows Arizona ballots “break chain of custody in Arizona.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: This video doesn’t prove ballots broke chain of custody in Maricopa County, Arizona
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/21/instagram-posts/this-video-doesnt-prove-ballots-broke-chain-of-cus/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/28/fact-checking-potus-vpotus-and-virginia-sen-tim-ka/
title: Fact-checking the third night of the Democratic National Convention
review_date: 2016-07-28T02:41:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Independent analysts "found that Trump's tax plan, a gift to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt."


text: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about COVID-19 vaccines and miscarriages based on flawed reading of study
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/24/facebook-posts/claim-about-covid-19-vaccines-and-miscarriages-bas/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Posts saying Trump's July 4 event drew small crowd are wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the National Mall’s webcam was "abruptly shut down" and removed from the White House’s website to stop viewers from seeing the lack of attendees at president Trump’s Fourth of July event.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/09/facebook-posts/posts-saying-trumps-July-4-event-drew-small-crowd/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/19/eight-times-mueller-report-shows-trump-white-house/
title: 8 times the Mueller report shows Trump, White House spread false or misleading claims
review_date: 2019-04-19T20:15:47Z
textual_rating: Lawyer, others: He asked
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I haven’t given it any thought. I mean, I’ve been reading about it from you people. You say, ‘Oh, I’m going to dismiss him.'"


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t cancel a child sex ring operation started by Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Joe Biden canceled Trump’s “child sex ring operation, which saw thousands of arrests last year.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/25/facebook-posts/no-biden-didnt-cancel-child-sex-ring-operation-sta/


text: Ukrainians altered this street sign to tell Russian troops to go “f---” themselves.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Ukrainian road sign with colorful language for Russian troops was digitally altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/02/facebook-posts/photo-ukrainian-road-sign-colorful-language-russia/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Kid Rock didn’t tweet this about tyranny and face masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kid Rock tweeted, “Some people wouldn’t recognize tyranny if it slapped a mask on their face, made them stand 6 feet apart, and forced them to take a vaccine for a virus with a 99.8% survival rate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/27/instagram-posts/kid-rock-didnt-tweet-this-about-tyranny-and-face-m/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, AOC didn’t tweet about purging conservative traitors
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/13/viral-image/no-aoc-didnt-tweet-about-purging-conservative-trai/


text: "Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase."
claimant: Phil Ting
claim_date: 2018-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: False claim GOP tax plan “nothing more than a middle-class tax increase”
review_date: 2018-02-05T23:37:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/05/phil-ting/false-claim-gop-tax-plan-nothing-more-middle-class/


text: Donald Trump’s “rally just got shut down after no one shows up.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump’s rally wasn’t canceled because of poor attendance
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/13/facebook-posts/no-trumps-rally-wasnt-canceled-because-poor-attend/


text: In New York, "it is now perfectly legal to murder" a baby a minute before it would be born.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: This Facebook post about New York’s abortion law is still wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/14/viral-image/facebook-post-about-new-yorks-abortion-law-still-w/


claimant: Tyler Kistner
claim_date: 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that Biden is ‘secretly’ flying immigrants into U.S. cities ignore key facts
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden "has been secretly flying illegal immigrants into communities across the country in the middle of the night."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/16/tyler-kistner/claims-biden-secretly-flying-immigrants-us-cities-/


text: There are more females on Facebook than alive in the world.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, there aren’t more female users on Facebook than women in the world
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/13/facebook-posts/no-there-arent-more-female-users-facebook-women-wo/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, these two photos of Derek Chauvin don’t show two different men
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The man pictured in a mugshot is not Derek Chauvin, the officer who was recorded kneeling on George Floyd’s neck.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/05/viral-image/no-these-two-photos-derek-chauvin-dont-show-two-di/


claimant: Jeffrey Zients
claim_date: 2021-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did U.S. pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine help or harm vaccine confidence? Evidence is mixed
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/14/jeffrey-zients/did-johnson-johnson-pause-harm-vaccine-confidence-/


claimant: NumbersUSA
claim_date: 2020-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Facebook post about polling on legal immigration
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/21/numbers-usa/fact-checking-facebook-post-about-polling-legal-im/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that nasal swabs, the preferred COVID test, are ‘implanting something’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/13/facebook-posts/no-proof-nasal-swabs-preferred-covid-test-are-impl/


text: "When a sinkhole began dumping toxic water in Florida's aquifer, Rick Scott tried to cover it up."
claimant: Gwen Graham
claim_date: 2018-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Gwen Graham lacks proof that Florida Gov. Rick Scott covered up Mosaic sinkhole
review_date: 2018-08-01T18:07:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/01/gwen-graham/gwen-graham-lacks-proof-florida-gov-rick-scott-tri/


text: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez crying over a parking lot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/22/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-aoc-crying-over-parking-lot/


text: Sunny Hostin of “The View” admitted to voter fraud.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sunny Hostin didn’t admit to voter fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/21/viral-image/no-sunny-hostin-didnt-admit-to-voter-fraud/


claimant: Lupe Valdez
claim_date: 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Lupe Valdez says Texas schools in some counties shut down for opening of hunting season
review_date: 2018-05-16T15:07:57Z
textual_rating: false
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are some counties in Texas where the first day of hunting, you have to shut down the schools because people are going to go hunting."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/16/lupe-valdez/lupe-valdez-says-texas-schools-some-counties-shut-/


text: Video shows trashed ballots for Donald Trump.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows spoiled ballots that were legally destroyed and discarded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/11/facebook-posts/video-shows-spoiled-ballots-were-destroyed-and-dis/


text: A photo shows two COVID-19 patients lying on the floor awaiting treatment in Florida.
claimant: viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: This photo is real. It shows sick COVID-19 patients on floor in Florida
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/20/viral-image/photo-real-it-shows-sick-covid-19-patients-floor-f/


text: Lance Armstrong is dead.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Bloggers say Lance Armstrong has died
review_date: 2017-05-17T14:46:15Z
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/fake-news-bloggers-say-lance-armstrong-has-died/


text: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
claimant: Marjorie Taylor Greene
claim_date: 2022-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Greene twists logic and facts in pedophilia charge against GOP senators
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/06/marjorie-taylor-greene/greene-twists-logic-and-facts-pedophilia-charge-ag/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, a national coin shortage during COVID-19 was not intentional
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The national coin shortage was done intentionally, the Mint is no longer releasing coins into circulation aka this is the beginning of the end of paper money.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/06/facebook-posts/national-coin-shortage-yes-due-covid-no-sign-end-p/


text: Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Despite his claim, Joe Biden has not visited Afghanistan or Iraq as president
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/20/joe-biden/despite-his-claim-joe-biden-has-not-visited-afghan/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2016-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post claiming voter fraud in 2012 election errs on photo ID numbers
review_date: 2016-08-09T14:19:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/09/viral-image/viral-post-claiming-voter-fraud-2012-election-errs/


claimant: Bill Barr
claim_date: 2019-03-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/18/context-comparing-bill-barrs-summary-mueller-repor/
title: In Context: Comparing Bill Barr’s summary of Mueller's findings to the publicly released report
review_date: 2019-04-18T17:38:06Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Special Counsel Robert Mueller stated, "while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”


claimant: Chuck Woolery
claim_date: 2019-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about Nancy Pelosi bar tab is baseless
review_date: 2019-01-22T21:56:29Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nancy Pelosi's bill for alcohol on her flights from Washington to San Fran every week? We pay for it. 1000 dollars. On average 52,000 Bucks, a year for BOOZE. Tax payer money."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/22/chuck-woolery/no-evidence-back-claim-about-pelosi-bar-tab/


text: Says "Marco Rubio would take away a woman’s right to choose for victims of rape or incest."
claimant: Patrick Murphy
claim_date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Rubio would take away right to abortions for rape or incest victims, Murphy says
review_date: 2016-09-23T14:11:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/23/patrick-murphy/rubio-would-not-allow-rape-or-incest-exceptions-ab/


text: “There is a place in the U.S. where murder is legal.”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, murder is not legal in a ‘zone of death’ in Yellowstone National Park
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/04/tiktok-posts/no-murder-not-legal-zone-death-yellowstone-nationa/


text: “The government has released their initial plans to force a vaccine on everyone.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, the government hasn’t released plans to force COVID-19 vaccine on people
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/06/blog-posting/no-government-hasnt-released-plans-force-covid-19-/


text: Says George Soros is "funding the chaos" in Minneapolis via his Open Society Foundations.
claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2020-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, George Soros and his foundations do not pay people to protest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/candace-owens/no-soros-and-foundation-do-not-pay-people-protest/


text: The UNC athletic director’s salary was “not at market. Not even close.”
claimant: Haywood Cochrane
claim_date: 2017-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Is a $705K salary "below market" for an NCAA athletic director?
review_date: 2018-02-08T18:15:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/08/university-north-carolina/705k-below-market-rate-ncaa-athletic-director/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine did not release 4,300 prisoners early due to COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/29/facebook-posts/no-ohio-gov-mike-dewine-did-not-release-4300-priso/


text: Footage of nuclear explosions proves that "nukes are fake."
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, this footage doesn’t prove ‘nukes are fake.’ Here’s how cameras filmed past nuclear tests.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/11/tweets/no-this-footage-doesnt-prove-nukes-are-fake-heres/


text: “In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
claimant: Mark Finchem
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona Republican secretary of state candidate wrong about ‘fake’ mail ballots
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/30/mark-finchem/arizona-republican-secretary-state-candidate-wrong/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/15/fact-checking-donald-trumps-unusual-white-house-la/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's interviews with Fox and Friends, reporters on the White House lawn
review_date: 2018-06-15T18:22:14Z
textual_rating: Flynn pled to lying
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Some people say (Michael Flynn) lied and some people say he didn't lie. I mean, really, it turned out maybe he didn't lie.”


claimant: William Barber
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Rev. Barber slams DSCC for overlooking black candidates in NC Senate primaries
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Every time" the DSCC endorsed someone in North Carolina's U.S. Senate primary, "and the person they didn’t support was black, the candidate they picked ended up losing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/05/william-barber/rev-barber-slams-dscc-overlooking-black-candidates/


claimant: Tom Tiffany
claim_date: 2022-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Tiffany overstates report on shortcomings of Afghan vetting
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/tom-tiffany/tiffany-overstates-report-shortcomings-afghan-vett/


text: “Less than 500 people a year killed by all rifles combined” and “4,000 a year killed by illegals.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking number of people killed by rifles and by people in US illegally
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/30/facebook-posts/fact-checking-number-people-killed-rifles-and-peop/


text: "Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."
claimant: Wendy Davis
claim_date: 2016-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Wendy Davis wrongly says Texas among states with no 'equal pay' law
review_date: 2016-05-27T21:54:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/27/wendy-davis/wendy-davis-wrongly-says-texas-among-states-no-equ/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Wacky shot: Photo doesn’t show Trudeau drunk, only adjusting his height
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posed improperly with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo because he “had a bit too much to drink.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/facebook-posts/wacky-shot-photo-doesnt-show-trudeau-drunk-only-ad/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump right on Obama's deportation numbers, wrong about nobody talking about it
review_date: 2017-04-12T19:06:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under Obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, they've been deported."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/21/donald-trump/trump-right-deportation-numbers-wrong-talks-about-/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2016-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Testing Tammy Baldwin claim on taxes for hedge fund managers vs. truck drivers
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:13:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Hedge fund managers and others in private equity pay much lower income tax rates than truck drivers, teachers and nurses.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/13/tammy-baldwin/testing-tammy-baldwin-claim-taxes-hedge-fund-manag/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Doctored Military Times news headlines spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/18/viral-image/doctored-military-times-news-headlines-spread-misi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, ‘two massive explosions’ haven’t taken out US critical infrastructure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/07/facebook-posts/no-two-massive-explosions-havent-taken-out-us-crit/


text: "We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's claim that US tested more than all countries combined is Pants on Fire wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/30/donald-trump/trumps-boasts-testing-spring-cherry-picking-data/


claimant: Tom Cole
claim_date: 2019-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Tom Cole exaggerates limits on Republicans in impeachment process
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The impeachment process against Donald Trump "provides fewer due process protections and fewer protections for minority rights than what we have seen in previous impeachment efforts."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/04/tom-cole/rep-tom-cole-exaggerate-limits-republicans-impeach/


text: Joe Biden “inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing.”
claimant: Kathy Barnette
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Kathy Barnette largely correct on course of inflation under Joe Biden
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/kathy-barnette/kathy-barnette-largely-correct-course-inflation-un/


claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, you don’t have to pay back your stimulus check
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/youtube-videos/no-you-dont-have-pay-back-your-stimulus-check/


text: A Time magazine cover shows Vladimir Putin with Hitler’s mustache.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real Time cover showing Putin with Hitler’s mustache
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/10/viral-image/no-isnt-real-time-cover-showing-putin-hitlers-must/


claimant: William Barr
claim_date: 2019-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Barr’s dispute of inspector general’s report on the FBI, Russia probe
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/11/william-barr/barr-disputes-inspector-generals-report/


text: "Ron DeSantis voted to cut $473 billion from Medicare."
claimant: DeSantis Watch
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: In the House, Ron DeSantis voted to rein in Medicare spending. Is that a cut?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/22/desantis-watch/house-ron-desantis-voted-rein-medicare-spending-cu/


text: "Poll Finds 38% of Americans Say They Will Not Drink Corona Beer Because of Virus."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, poll does not say 38% of Americans won't drink Corona beer because of coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/facebook-posts/no-poll-does-not-say-38-americans-wont-drink-coron/


text: Says instead of arresting a teen who was sneaking into a gym, a Chicago cop "shot him 53 times."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: A Chicago cop didn’t shoot a teen for sneaking into a gym – he bought him a membership
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/16/facebook-posts/chicago-cop-didnt-shoot-teen-sneaking-gym-he-bough/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claims he got rid of the Johnson Amendment. Is that true?
review_date: 2017-07-18T15:21:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I've gotten rid of the Johnson Amendment … I signed an executive order so that now ... ministers and and preachers and rabbis and whoever it may be, they can speak. You know, you couldn’t speak politically before, now you can."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/18/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-got-rid-johnson-amendment-true/


text: "Virginia police arrest wrong person to cover for Antifa member who ran over protesters."
claimant: PuppetStringNews.com
claim_date: 2017-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Post wrongly says Charlottesville police arrested wrong person in hit and run
review_date: 2017-08-14T21:40:04Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/puppetstringnewscom/post-wrongly-says-charlottesville-police-arrested-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says Secure Communities, 287(g) immigration programs worked
review_date: 2016-09-06T21:35:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/06/donald-trump/trump-says-secure-communities-287g-immigration-pro/


claimant: Ben Carson
claim_date: 2016-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Was Andrew Jackson the only U.S. president to bring national debt to zero?
review_date: 2016-04-21T21:58:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/21/ben-carson/andrew-jackson-debt-balanced-budget-president/


text: A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Grant to Georgia’s DeKalb County doesn't amount to an elections 'takeover'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/15/facebook-posts/grant-to-georgias-dekalb-county-doesnt-amount-to-a/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Who’s driving this thing? Social post exaggerates electric grid’s remote capability
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Electric vehicles are a "giant computer that can be controlled remotely from some cloud-based central grid."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/27/facebook-posts/whos-driving-this-thing-post-exaggerates-electric/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/08/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claims-about-syria-and/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about Syria and US troop withdrawal
review_date: 2019-10-08T20:29:32Z
textual_rating: Largely accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"But Europe did not want them back, they said you keep them USA! I said ‘NO, we did you a great favor and now you want us to hold them in U.S. prisons at tremendous cost. They are yours for trials.’"


text: Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because “chlorine is a poison.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Governments regulate chlorine levels in water to keep it safe for consumers to drink
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/governments-regulate-chlorine-levels-water-keep-it/


claimant: Tom Reed
claim_date: 2019-08-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/tom-reed/reed-points-economic-gains/
title: Reed points to economic gains
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."


text: Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."
claimant: Michael Morell
claim_date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Experts say Donald Trump's 'policies' dovetail with what Vladimir Putin would like for Russia
review_date: 2016-09-22T20:39:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/22/michael-morell/experts-say-donald-trumps-policies-dovetail-what-v/


text: “Oil is now $61.30 a barrel and rising drastically! On Jan. 5, it was about $25 a barrel.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, oil is about $61 a barrel, but it rose from about $50 since Jan. 5, not $25
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/24/facebook-posts/yes-oil-about-61-barrel-it-rose-about-50-jan-5-not/


claimant: Jason Miller
claim_date: 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump spokesman Jason Miller paints dubious picture of Election Night
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We will be over 290 electoral votes on Election Night ... no matter what they (Democrats) try to do, what kind of hijinks or lawsuits or whatever kind of nonsense they try to pull off.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/01/jason-miller/trump-spokesman-jason-miller-paints-dubious-pictur/


text: Says her health care plan would "ensure Americans with preexisting conditions are protected."
claimant: Kelly Loeffler
claim_date: 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that Kelly Loeffler will ensure protections for preexisting conditions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/30/kelly-loeffler/no-proof-kelly-loeffler-will-ensure-protections-pr/


text: Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back."
claimant: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
claim_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump is against same-sex marriage
review_date: 2017-04-11T18:42:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/15/sean-patrick-maloney/donald-trump-against-same-sex-marriage/


text: A Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent was killed for investigating the election.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Georgia agent wasn’t killed for investigating the election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/17/facebook-posts/no-georgia-agent-wasnt-killed-investigating-electi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/sep/26/fact-checking-donald-trump-hurricane-maria-puerto-/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
review_date: 2017-09-26T22:36:06Z
textual_rating: Category 4 not 5
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Puerto Rico didn’t get hit by one hurricane, it got hit by two hurricanes. I mean, the second one hit Puerto Rico as a Category 5. I don't believe anybody's ever seen that happen before, hit, land with that kind of velocity.”


text: Says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely describes Arizona audit findings
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/28/donald-trump/trump-falsely-describes-arizona-audit-findings/


text: Images show COVID-19 victims being buried in mass graves in New York City.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking posts about mass graves in NYC
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/facebook-posts/fact-checking-posts-about-mass-graves-nyc/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Posts wrongly blame John McCain for deadly 1967 fire aboard USS Forrestal
review_date: 2017-08-07T21:33:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
U.S. Sen. John McCain "was singlehandedly responsible for starting a fire on (the) USS Forrestal aircraft carrier."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/07/blog-posting/posts-blame-john-mccain-deadly-1967-fire-aboard-us/


text: Olive Garden employees are allowed to wear Black Lives Matter masks “but NOT the American flag.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Olive Garden hasn’t banned American flag masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/facebook-posts/olive-garden-hasnt-banned-american-flag-masks/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that COVID-19 vaccinations caused deaths of senior citizens
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Seniors around the world who died from COVID vaccine are being improperly listed as “natural causes.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/05/facebook-posts/no-evidence-covid-19-vaccinations-caused-deaths-se/


claimant: Madison Cawthorn
claim_date: 2021-09-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/sep/20/amid-proposals-travel-vaccine-mandates-there-right/
title: Amid proposals for travel vaccine mandates, is there a right to unfettered travel in the U.S.?
textual_rating: Free travel isn't the only right
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You actually have a constitutionally protected right to free, unrestricted travel within the United States of America."


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post makes inaccurate comparison of family separations under Trump, Obama
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"89,000 children were separated from their parents under Obama" and "only 1,900 children have been separated under Trump."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/facebook-posts/facebook-post-makes-inaccurate-comparison-family-s/


text: Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 ballot applications, not ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/19/facebook-posts/pennsylvania-rejected-372000-ballot-applications-n/


text: “People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Melanin doesn't protect against coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/facebook-posts/melanin-doesnt-protect-against-coronavirus/


claimant: Wisconsin Initiative
claim_date: 2022-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together on tax cut doesn’t tell full story
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/wisconsin-initiative/claim-evers-brought-republicans-and-democrats-toge/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Florida midterm results came out fast. Why do other states need more time?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/16/instagram-posts/florida-midterm-results-came-out-fast-why-do-other/


text: Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Antifa activists did not start the West Coast wildfires
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/facebook-posts/antifa-activists-did-not-start-west-coast-wildfire/


text: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying: "After we impeach, we round up the Trump supporters."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Trump site recycles bogus Kamala Harris quote
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/14/blog-posting/pro-trump-site-recycles-bogus-kamala-harris-quote/


text: There is "substantial evidence of voter fraud."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says there's 'substantial evidence of voter fraud.' There isn't
review_date: 2018-01-04T22:08:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/04/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-theres-substantial-evidence-vote/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Facebook post about Saudi terrorists and Saudis on 45th floor of Trump tower
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Saudi terrorists has killed more Americans on our soil than any other nation. They rent the entire 45th floor of Trump Tower, And pay him in cash."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/10/facebook-posts/fact-checking-facebook-post-about-saudi-terrorists/


text: "Wisconsin pays 50% more than Minnesota for the same health care."
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: In attack on Scott Walker, Tony Evers misleads in claiming health care costs 50% more in Wisconsin
review_date: 2018-10-22T21:00:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/22/tony-evers/attack-scott-walker-tony-evers-misleads-claiming-h/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Harris didn’t say the Biden administration is closing Veterans Affairs
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris said, “We will be shuttering the VA… the money saved will go to better use in assisting refugee families.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/17/viral-image/no-harris-didnt-say-biden-administration-closing-v/


text: Says Donald Trump "has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain aren’t heroes."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton attacks Donald Trump over his 'war hero' dig at John McCain
review_date: 2016-06-03T20:15:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/03/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-attacks-donald-trump-over-his-war-/


text: "Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump exaggerates when describing drop in violent crime
review_date: 2019-02-14T21:24:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-exaggerates-when-describing-drop-viol/


text: "Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s false claim that violent crime hasn’t gone down ‘in a long while’
review_date: 2019-02-15T12:17:32Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/15/trumps-false-claim-that-violent-crime-hasnt-gone-down-long-while/


text: A video shows “Dems caught not wearing masks” at the White House.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Were Democratic lawmakers 'caught' maskless at White House? This needs context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/24/instagram-posts/video-maskless-democratic-lawmakers-was-captured-a/


claimant: TikTok video
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t confuse FedNow payment system and central bank digital currency; they’re not the same
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In America our own (central bank digital currency) system is going to be launching July 1. It’s called the FedNow payment system.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/14/tiktok-posts/dont-confuse-fednow-payment-system-and-central-ban/


text: If you donate blood, “they HAVE to test you” for coronavirus.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, blood donors don’t automatically get a coronavirus test
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/13/viral-image/no-blood-donors-dont-automatically-get-coronavirus/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Queen Elizabeth II did not call Trump an ‘amazing person’ with a ‘good heart’ in an interview
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Queen Elizabeth II as saying that Trump is "an amazing person" with a "good heart" who could have been her son in another life.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/19/facebook-posts/no-queen-elizabeth-ii-did-not-call-trump-amazing-p/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden: Clean energy to provide 84% of new electric power this year
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/29/joe-biden/joe-biden-clean-energy-provide-84-new-electric-pow/


text: "James Comey Memos just out and show clearly that there was NO COLLUSION and NO OBSTRUCTION"
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely says James Comey memos disprove collusion, obstruction
review_date: 2018-04-20T17:46:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/20/donald-trump/trump-falsely-says-comey-memos-disprove-collusion-/


text: “Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: How much blame does Putin deserve for high gasoline prices?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/16/joe-biden/joe-biden-blame-putin-high-gasoline-prices/


claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the Joe Biden, Kirsten Gillibrand spat over 1980s child care tax credit vote
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/02/kirsten-gillibrand/fact-checking-attack-joe-biden-about-his-words-wom/


claimant: Vladimir Putin
claim_date: 2018-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Putin's Pants-on-Fire claim about $400 million donation to Clinton from Bill Browder partners
review_date: 2018-07-16T21:35:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says associates of financier Bill Browder "sent a huge amount of money, over $400 million, as a contribution to the campaign of Hillary Clinton."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/16/vladimir-putin/putins-pants-fire-claim-about-400-million-donation/


text: The Republican tax bill passed in 2017 "gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%."
claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi repeats incomplete talking point on 2017 GOP tax bill
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/16/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-repeats-incomplete-talking-point-2017/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: What’s missing from Florida ‘5 times better’ claim on COVID-19 death rates
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/facebook-posts/heres-whats-missing-about-florida-5-times-better-c/


text: "Zephyr Teachout says she is against Super PACs despite taking money from Super PAC donors"
claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2016-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Some of Teachout's donors also gave to super PACs
review_date: 2016-10-20T13:27:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/national-republican-congressional-committee/some-teachouts-donors-also-gave-super-pacs/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Social media users shared incorrect prediction about election lawsuit resolution
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An Arizona judge was “forced to overturn” an election and ruled “274,000 ballots must be thrown out.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/24/facebook-posts/social-media-users-shared-incorrect-prediction-abo/


claimant: House Majority PAC
claim_date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats attack Rep. Mimi Walters on health care vote, insurance interest donations
review_date: 2018-10-16T17:28:41Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/16/house-majority-pac/did-mimi-walters-get-over-200000-insurance-industr/


text: "Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump confuses Eat’n Park with its famous Smiley Cookie
review_date: 2016-10-11T15:35:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-confuses-eatn-park-its-famous-smiley-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump inaccurately suggests Clinton got paid to approve Russia uranium deal
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:32:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton’s State Department "approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Putin didn’t threaten jail time for coronavirus lockdown violators
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/24/instagram-posts/putin-didnt-threaten-jail-time-coronavirus-lockdow/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-12-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/17/fact-check-trumps-letter-pelosi-about-impeachment-/
title: Trump repeats many falsehoods in letter to Pelosi about impeachment
review_date: 2019-12-17T22:44:27Z
textual_rating: Wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I have been deprived of basic Constitutional Due Process from the beginning of this impeachment scam … More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Posts falsely say Joe Biden broke with Donald Trump on Afghanistan withdrawal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/28/facebook-posts/posts-falsely-say-joe-biden-broke-donald-trump-afg/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump is wrong about wage trends
review_date: 2018-03-09T17:24:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long time, they're starting to go up for people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-about-wage-trends/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/13/cory-bookers-claim-17000-people-are-unjustly-incar/
title: Cory Booker’s claim that 17,000 people are ‘unjustly incarcerated,’ explained
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We can specifically and demonstrably now show that there are 17,000 people unjustly incarcerated in America."


text: Whoopi Goldberg kept her job and was applauded by ABC after calling Jeanine Pirro a racist slur.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Whoopi Goldberg called Jeanine Pirro a slur
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/26/viral-image/no-evidence-whoopi-goldberg-called-jeanine-pirro-s/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/nov/12/image-mocks-tesla-recharging-generator-heres-what-/
title: Image mocks a Tesla recharging with a generator. Here’s what it doesn’t show.
textual_rating: Missing context.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Well, there it is. A gas generator being used to charge the dead battery in an electric car. My day is complete."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/08/fact-checking-joe-bidens-2023-state-union-address/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address
review_date: 2023-02-08T05:10:55Z
textual_rating: A Republican proposed this
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I’m not saying it’s the majority."


claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2017-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Does the newly signed Republican tax reform law mean $1,000 or more per year for Americans?
review_date: 2018-01-10T18:19:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/10/kayleigh-mcenany/does-newly-signed-republican-tax-reform-law-mean-1/


claimant: Wisconsin Senate Republicans
claim_date: 2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Senate Republicans mostly right on amount of ARPA, CARES money Evers has gotten out the door
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/25/wisconsin-senate-republicans/senate-republicans-mostly-right-amount-arpa-cares-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Virginia principal didn't expel students for wearing a crucifix
review_date: 2019-02-06T19:57:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Virginia principal "expelled two kids for wearing a crucifix around their necks saying, ‘there is no place for religion at school.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/06/viral-image/no-virginia-principal-didnt-expel-students-wearing/


claimant: Jimmy Kimmel
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/03/fact-checking-jimmy-kimmel-late-night-hosts-about-/
title: Fact-checking Jimmy Kimmel, late-night hosts on gun violence after Las Vegas attack
review_date: 2017-10-03T18:04:57Z
textual_rating: He's very close
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"89 percent of Republicans and Democrats are in favor of restricting gun ownership for the mentally ill."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Rochester, N.Y., imaging services business that burned did not print ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says City Blue Imaging Services in Rochester, N.Y. “printed ballots there. If you search them you’ll see they’re the ones who had ballots misprint errors for the ballots sent to NYC.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/06/facebook-posts/no-rochester-ny-imaging-services-business-burned-d/


text: "ISIS is in 32 countries."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Context is crucial in defining how many countries now harbor ISIS
review_date: 2016-10-24T18:03:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/24/donald-trump/context-crucial-defining-how-many-countries-now-ha/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post makes unfounded claim about security seals on Connecticut ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Connecticut ballot initiative on early voting would "remove the requirement of a certified seal from certain ballots."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/27/facebook-posts/facebook-post-makes-unfounded-claim-about-security/


claimant: Tom Tiffany
claim_date: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Tiffany misses the point behind why prices are rising for hotels, gas and car rentals
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/06/tom-tiffany/tiffany-misses-point-behind-why-prices-are-rising-/


claimant: TikTok post
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Defense Department didn’t award COVID-19 contract in Ukraine before virus emerged
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a contract for COVID-19 research in Ukraine months before the virus was known.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/17/tiktok-posts/no-defense-department-didnt-award-covid-19-contrac/


text: Says she "voted for a statewide fracking ban."
claimant: Dana Young
claim_date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Dana Young mailer leaves out context of fracking bill
review_date: 2016-10-05T21:07:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/dana-young/dana-young-mailer-leaves-out-context-fracking-bill/


claimant: Mike Rogers
claim_date: 2017-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Congressman proposes new tax on remittances to pay for Trump's border wall. We checked his numbers
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:49:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/11/mike-rogers-2/alabama-lawmaker-makes-half-true-claim-about-remit/


text: Says people are moving to Milwaukee “in record numbers”
claimant: Peter Feigin
claim_date: 2021-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Milwaukee saw population growth during the pandemic. But hard to tell if it’s 'record numbers'
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/02/peter-feigin/yes-milwaukee-saw-population-growth-during-pandemi/


text: "We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2018-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Cuomo claims his gun control law is toughest
review_date: 2018-09-06T23:55:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/06/andrew-cuomo/cuomo-claims-his-gun-control-law-toughest/


text: Says Democratic opponents Cal Cunningham and Erica Smith support sanctuary policies.
claimant: Thom Tillis
claim_date: 2020-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Thom Tillis says Cunningham and Smith support sanctuary policies. Not quite.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/22/thom-tillis/thom-tillis-says-cunningham-and-smith-support-sanc/


claimant: Scott Neitzel
claim_date: 2019-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Will Wisconsin taxpayers get 'tremendous' payback for money spent on new Fiserv Forum?
review_date: 2019-05-22T18:01:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/22/scott-neitzel/will-wisconsin-taxpayers-get-tremendous-payback-mo/


claimant: Wisconsin Republican Party
claim_date: 2016-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin GOP mostly misses tying Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold to Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-10-14T19:15:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just like Hillary Clinton," Russ Feingold had a "run-in with corruption and scandal by using a personal slush fund -- a.k.a. the Feingold Foundation -- while plotting another run for U.S. Senate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/14/republican-party-wisconsin/wisconsin-gop-mostly-misses-tying-wisconsin-us-sen/


claimant: Scott Manley
claim_date: 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, bottled water doesn’t solve all problems for residents with PFAS-contaminated water
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/scott-manley/no-bottled-water-doesnt-solve-all-problems-residen/


claimant: Ryan Zinke
claim_date: 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Ryan Zinke wrong that Trump proposal would be biggest ever for public lands
review_date: 2018-03-20T01:13:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Trump administration proposal for the Interior Department "is the largest investment in our public lands infrastructure in our nation's history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/19/ryan-zinke/ryan-zinke-wrong-trump-proposal-would-be-biggest-e/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Clinton Foundation has no ships, didn’t smuggle refugees
review_date: 2017-05-12T21:33:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Clinton Foundation cargo ship raided at Port of Baltimore" caught smuggling 460 undocumented immigrants.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/12/blog-posting/fake-news-clinton-foundation-has-no-ships-didnt-sm/


claimant: Travis County Republican Party
claim_date: 2019-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Austin homeless policy doesn't allow camping on private property
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says recent changes to Austin city policy gives homeless people more rights than property owners and allow for "homeless camps on private property, business frontage, and even public sidewalks.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/05/travis-county-republican-party/austin-homeless-policy-doesnt-allow-camping-privat/


text: Images show Joe Biden surrounded by U.S. Marshals.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Photos show Biden with Secret Service, not Marshals
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/photos-show-biden-secret-service-not-marshals/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, seven children in Senegal didn’t die after COVID-19 vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Mass vaccination for COVID-19 in Senegal was started yesterday (4/8) and the first 7 CHILDREN who received it DIED on the spot.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/facebook-posts/no-seven-children-senegal-didnt-die-after-covid-19/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Testing Ron Johnson claim on Russ Feingold, judges and Second Amendment
review_date: 2016-10-20T00:37:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"During his 18-year Senate career, (Russ Feingold) supported judges who voted to deny your individual Second Amendment right. … (He) promises to protect those rights, but that's not what his record shows."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/19/ron-johnson/testing-ron-johnson-claim-russ-feingold-judges-and/


text: A photo shows Jeffrey Epstein with Joe Biden.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Image showing Jeffrey Epstein, Joe Biden posing together isn’t real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/viral-image/image-showing-jeffrey-epstein-joe-biden-posing-tog/


claimant: Arthenia Joyner
claim_date: 2012-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Arthenia Joyner says there were warnings on 'stand your ground' law
review_date: 2016-05-12T15:03:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When we passed (the stand your ground law), we said it portends horrific events when people's lives were put into these situations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/mar/22/arthenia-joyner/democratic-senator-says-there-warnings-stand-your-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, El Chapo didn’t testify that he paid off Pelosi
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says El Chapo testified in court that he paid off Nancy Pelosi to keep the U.S.-Mexico border open for drug cartels.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/12/facebook-posts/no-el-chapo-didnt-testify-he-paid-pelosi/


text: Says "Scott Baio .. dies in small plane crash."
claimant: Daily USA Update
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Actor Scott Baio healthy and alive after fake news report of his death
review_date: 2017-06-07T16:02:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/07/daily-usa-update/actor-scott-baio-healthy-after-fake-news-report-hi/


text: Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin strikes out on marijuana research claim
review_date: 2018-11-29T03:32:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/21/tammy-baldwin/us-sen-tammy-baldwin-strikes-out-marijuana-researc/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-09-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the defense secretary texted all active military personnel saying they needed to get vaccinated by the following morning or “be court martialed.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/13/instagram-posts/no-lloyd-austin-didnt-text-military-personnel-say-/

title:
No, Lloyd Austin didn’t text military personnel to say they needed to get vaccinated or face a court


text: Says Jon Ossoff wants to "allow illegal immigration."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump attacks top Democrat in Georgia race, misleads on Jon Ossoff's immigration stance
review_date: 2017-04-17T20:00:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/17/donald-trump/trump-makes-false-claim-about-jon-ossoffs-immigrat/


text: "Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
claimant: Tim Ryan
claim_date: 2019-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Does half the U.S. population have diabetes or prediabetes, as Tim Ryan claimed?
review_date: 2019-04-29T15:11:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/29/tim-ryan/does-half-population-have-diabetes-or-prediabetes-/


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: Most of law still stands
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We eliminated Obamacare's horrible and very unfair individual mandate, which basically knocked out Obamacare. We knocked out Obamacare."


text: “A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post misleads on monthly coronavirus checks
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/20/instagram-posts/new-york-radio-station-misleads-instagram-post-abo/


text: Says Koalas are "functionally extinct" as bushfires in Australia continue to destroy their habitat.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, koalas are not ‘functionally extinct,’ but they are in trouble
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/16/blog-posting/no-koalas-are-not-functionally-extinct-they-are-tr/


text: “Food Stamp participation hits 10 year low.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump correct about food stamp low
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/16/donald-trump/president-trump-correct-about-food-stamp-low/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Vaccines are up and infections are down under Biden, but it’s not all his doing
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/23/viral-image/vacccines-are-up-cases-are-down-facebook-post/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-11-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/16/donald-trump/do-you-need-id-buy-box-cereal-no/
title: Do you need an ID to buy a box of cereal, as Donald Trump said? Of course not
review_date: 2018-11-16T16:01:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/30/fact-checking-trumps-whopper-laden-interview-maria/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s whopper-laden interview with Maria Bartiromo
review_date: 2020-11-30T22:52:33Z
textual_rating: Wrong.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are a lot of dead people that so-called voted in this election. But dead people were, in some cases, in many, many cases, thousands of cases, voted, but, also, dead people made application to vote."


claimant: Nicholas Burns
claim_date: 2018-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Do European allies pay U.S. $2.5 billion yearly to keep troops there?
review_date: 2018-07-12T14:38:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/12/nicholas-burns/do-european-allies-pay-us-25-billion-yearly-keep-t/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2017-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, the 9th Circuit isn't the 'most overturned court in the country,' as Hannity says
review_date: 2017-02-10T22:47:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is "the most overturned court in the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/10/sean-hannity/no-9th-circuit-isnt-most-overturned-court-country-/


text: "15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Report that teen died 2 days after a COVID shot was unverified, isn’t confirmed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/06/blog-posting/report-teen-died-2-days-after-covid-shot-was-unver/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s claim about Donald Trump’s ‘slow’ travel restriction needs context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"45 nations had already moved” to enforce travel restrictions with China “before the president moved.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/joe-biden/joe-bidens-claim-about-donald-trumps-slow-travel-r/


text: "Walmart rewards everyone with $75 coupon to celebrate its 125th Anniversary"
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Walmart targeted in online free coupon scam
review_date: 2018-07-19T21:38:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/10/walmis2018-com/walmart-targeted-online-free-coupon-scam/


text: "We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says U.S. 'put a lid on Iran's nuclear program'
review_date: 2016-07-29T04:50:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-us-put-lid-irans-nuclear-prog/


text: “Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana.”
claimant: Gary Chambers
claim_date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Louisiana Senate candidate Gary Chambers’ claims about marijuana arrests
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/24/gary-chambers/fact-checking-louisiana-senate-candidate-gary-cham/


text: Facebook video shows “counting Biden’s votes at 2 a.m.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video on Facebook doesn't show someone 'counting Biden’s votes at 2 a.m.'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/10/facebook-posts/facebook-post-falsely-says-machine-counting-bidens/


text: “Approximately 60,000 Canadians currently live undocumented in the USA.”
claimant: Cori Bush
claim_date: 2021-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: How many undocumented Canadians live in the U.S.?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/04/cori-bush/fact-check-how-many-undocumented-canadians-live-us/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/11/donald-trump-comeys-leak-memos-totally-illegal/
title: Donald Trump: Comey's leak of memo 'totally illegal?'
review_date: 2017-09-29T15:31:34Z
textual_rating: Most Experts Consider Legal
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!"


text: Stacey Abrams said "Who needs agriculture when you can just get food at the store?"
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Stacey Abrams didn't dismiss agriculture because people can buy food at groceries
review_date: 2019-02-07T18:15:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/07/viral-image/no-stacey-abrams-didnt-dismiss-agriculture-because/


claimant: Alexander Vindman
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
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: Vindman, Morrison agree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
There was nothing nefarious with the secrecy with which the White House treated President’s Donald Trump’s July 25 call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky.


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2017-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Obama blasts GOP Senate bill as tax cut for the rich at health care’s expense
review_date: 2017-06-26T20:20:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Senate bill "hands enormous tax cuts to the rich and to the drug and insurance industries, paid for by cutting health care for everybody else."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/26/barack-obama/obama-blasts-gop-senate-bill-tax-cut-rich-health-c/


text: Says the NBA is asking Donald Trump to “resign or we’ll never play again.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news website republishes satirical story about NBA season, Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/06/blog-posting/fake-news-website-republishes-satirical-story-abou/


claimant: Jean Evans
claim_date: 2018-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Jean Evans overstates Clean Missouri effects on emails
review_date: 2018-12-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Constituents now face reality that all their personal issues will be made public" under Clean Missouri.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/06/jean-evans/jean-evans-overstates-clean-missouri-effects-email/


text: Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: The weapons bought by the July 4 Highland Park shooter were purchased legally
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/12/facebook-posts/weapons-bought-july-4-highland-park-shooter-were-p/


text: Says 86% of COVID-19 cases in Israel in July were in fully vaccinated individuals.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Vaccines keep people out of the hospital. A viral image of Israeli COVID-19 cases ignores that.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/tiktok-posts/vaccines-keep-people-out-hospital-viral-image-isra/


text: A Boston church burned during “a homosexual marriage” and there were no survivors.
claimant: TikTok post
claim_date: 2023-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Massachusetts church wasn’t hosting same-sex wedding when it burned down after lightning strike
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/16/tiktok-posts/massachusetts-church-wasnt-hosting-same-sex-weddin/


text: Aileen Cannon has been arrested.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Aileen Cannon, the judge in Trump documents case, wasn’t arrested
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/06/facebook-posts/no-aileen-cannon-judge-trump-documents-case-wasnt-/


text: On not confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.
claimant: Lindsey Graham
claim_date: 2020-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Lindsey Graham flip-flops on filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/21/lindsey-graham/sen-lindsey-graham-flip-flops-filling-supreme-cour/


text: Says Donald Trump “publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails).”
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton claims Donald Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to hack Americans
review_date: 2016-09-27T05:17:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/26/hillaryclinton/hillary-clinton-claims-donald-trump-invited-russia/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/13/trumps-falsehoods-about-mail-voting-nevada-fact-ch/
title: Trump’s falsehoods about mail voting in Nevada, fact-checked
review_date: 2020-09-13T20:21:53Z
textual_rating: Local officials handle ballots
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Sisolak "is the guy that we’re entrusting with millions of ballots, unsolicited ballots, millions and millions."


claimant: Fareed Zakaria
claim_date: 2018-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, the Democratic Party is at nearly its weakest point in a century
review_date: 2018-06-18T15:24:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When you tally up their representation in Congress and governorships, the Democrats almost have their lowest representation in about 100 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/15/fareed-zakaria/yes-democratic-party-nearly-its-weakest-point-cent/


text: Photo shows “all the men who have killed police officers this year (2020).”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Image shows some of the people accused of killing officers in 2016
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/30/viral-image/image-shows-some-people-accused-killing-officers-2/


claimant: Gordon Gee
claim_date: 2019-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Does West Virginia have the nation's lowest workforce participation rate?
review_date: 2019-02-27T16:25:59Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/27/e-gordon-gee/does-west-virginia-have-nations-lowest-workforce-p/


text: There are 86 languages spoken at Miami Dade College.
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says Miami Dade College students speak 86 languages
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:13:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/24/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-miami-dade-college-students-speak-86/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/02/6-claims-donald-trump-got-wrong-today-ukraine-whis/
title: 9 things Donald Trump got wrong today on Ukraine, a whistleblower and the media
review_date: 2019-10-02T18:58:39Z
textual_rating: Wrong, document itself says
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This is an exact word-for-word transcript of the conversation, taken by very talented stenographers."


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Lack of a reliable tally from EPA, California hinder Bernie Sanders tap water claim
review_date: 2016-06-14T17:50:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/14/bernie-sanders/lack-reliable-tally-epa-california-hinder-bernie-s/


text: Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Would 51% of single parents see taxes rise under Donald Trump's tax plan?
review_date: 2016-11-06T22:23:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/06/hillary-clinton/would-51-single-parents-see-taxes-rise-under-donal/


text: In the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders said poor people don't vote
review_date: 2016-04-24T22:04:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/24/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-said-poor-people-dont-vote/


text: "We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump set the record for the most GOP primary votes ever. But that's not his only record
review_date: 2016-07-08T23:34:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-set-record-most-gop-primary-votes-eve/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2016-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ abortion position
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bernie Sanders wants "to make the cut off date for abortions up to 36 weeks" because he says "a baby at that point feels no pain and has no rights to life."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/09/viral-image/fact-checking-bernie-sanders-abortion-position/


text: On participating in a debate for Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
claimant: Kelda Helen Roys
claim_date: 2018-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Kelda Roys, Democrat for governor, commits to participating in debate, then withdraws commitment
review_date: 2018-06-07T18:47:23Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/kelda-helen-roys/kelda-roys-democrat-governor-commits-participating/


text: "Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."
claimant: "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
claim_date: 2016-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Dolphins are rapists, 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' claims wrongly
review_date: 2016-04-22T21:08:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/22/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/dolphins-rapists-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/22/fact-checking-trumps-falsehoods-fox-and-friends-ab/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s falsehoods on Fox & Friends about Ukraine, impeachment and Mueller report
review_date: 2019-11-22T18:57:52Z
textual_rating: Conspiracy theory
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They gave the server to Crowdstrike or whatever it’s called, which is a company owned by a very wealthy Ukrainian. And I still want to see that server, you know the FBI has never gotten that server, that’s a big part of this whole thing. Why did they give it to a Ukrainian company?"


claimant: Adam Putnam
claim_date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Putnam ad exaggerates DeSantis votes on Social Security, Medicare
review_date: 2018-08-10T13:21:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/09/adam-putnam/putnam-ad-exaggera-about-desantis-votes-social-sec/


text: Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Video of man filling truck bed with gas originated as a gag on entertainment page
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/09/blog-posting/video-man-filling-truck-bed-gas-originated-gag-ent/


claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fauci ‘plotting’ for a new flu virus to force vaccinations? Pants on Fire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. health officials plotted “for a new avian flu virus to enforce universal flu vaccination.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/14/gateway-pundit/fauci-plotting-new-flu-virus-force-vaccinations-pa/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, 30,000 scientists have not said climate change is a hoax
review_date: 2017-09-08T14:28:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"30,000 scientists have come forward confirming that man-made climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the elite in order to make money."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/08/blog-posting/no-30000-scientists-have-not-said-climate-change-h/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's inventions about Richard Blumenthal and Vietnam
review_date: 2018-10-04T22:03:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam in "Da Nang Province. Soldiers dying left and right as we battled up the hill." And "then he cried when (the press) caught him."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/04/donald-trump/donald-trumps-inventions-about-richard-blumenthal-/


claimant: Russ Feingold
claim_date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Feingold: Johnson voted five times for tax breaks that help ship Wisconsin jobs overseas
review_date: 2016-09-08T15:39:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/26/russ-feingold/feingold-johnson-voted-five-times-tax-breaks-help-/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook video distorts Netherlands euthanasia law; no one is being killed against their will
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Doctors in the Netherlands “ordered” to euthanize “citizens with autism and other minor disabilities, even if the patient does not currently express any desire to die."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/28/facebook-posts/facebook-video-distorts-netherlands-euthanasia-law/


claimant: Dan Erickson
claim_date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/28/fact-checking-video-doctors-talking-about-coronavi/
title: Fact-checking a video of doctors talking about coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine
review_date: 2020-07-28T22:25:06Z
textual_rating: Cherry-picked
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"So this measured approach I’m talking about isn’t made up. It’s going on in Sweden, and their deaths are about 564 per million. UK, full lockdown, 600 deaths per million. So we’re seeing that the lockdowns aren’t decreasing significantly the amount of deaths per million."


claimant: Chris Meagher
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Dems: Glenn wants to kill Education Department, jeopardizing college funding for 320,000 Coloradans
review_date: 2016-08-31T22:20:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says GOP U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn "wants to eliminate the Department of Education" and jeopardize college funding for 320,000 Coloradans.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/31/colorado-democratic-party/colorado-dems-say-darryl-glenn-wants-eliminate-dep/


text: A girl gets a dollar for a kidney transplant every time a Facebook post is shared.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/17/viral-image/no-girl-doesnt-get-dollar-kidney-transplant-every-/

title:
No, this girl doesn’t get a dollar for a kidney transplant every time someone shares a Facebook post


claimant: Kelli Ward
claim_date: 2016-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Rival claims John McCain visited Pakistan to sell weapons to 'folks who harbored Osama bin Laden'
review_date: 2016-07-14T21:06:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/14/kelli-ward/image-claims-john-mccain-visited-pakistan-sell-wea/


text: "Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Virginia bill would make criticizing government officials a crime 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/jan/29/facebook-posts/claim-virginia-bill-would-make-criticizing-governm/


claimant: Sean Spicer
claim_date: 2017-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Trump has signed more bills in 100 days than any president since Truman, Spicer says
review_date: 2017-04-27T16:21:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/sean-spicer/trump-has-signed-more-bills-100-days-any-president/


text: Maggie Hassan won “1,100 votes from town with population under 700.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Maggie Hassan didn’t win 1,106 votes in Columbia, New Hampshire. It was a typo
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/14/viral-image/maggie-hassan-didnt-win-1106-votes-in-columbia-new/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden says democracy is strengthening worldwide. Experts are dubious.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker. Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/joe-biden/have-global-democracies-gotten-stronger-biden-clai/


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Be careful, getting fired over a vaccine mandate may cost you unemployment aid
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/05/facebook-posts/getting-fired-over-vaccine-mandate-may-cost-you-un/


claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Providing baby formula for babies held at the border is a legal requirement
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/greg-abbott/providing-baby-formula-babies-held-border-legal-re/


text: Says four Republican representatives "voted to impeach President Donald Trump."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, four Republicans did not vote to impeach President Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/15/facebook-posts/no-four-republicans-did-not-vote-impeach-president/


text: “War Begins — F-35, F-16 and MiG-29 NATO intercept and destroy Russia Jets in Polish air space.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, NATO jets didn’t destroy Russian aircraft
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/28/facebook-posts/no-nato-jets-didnt-destroy-russian-aircraft/


text: A photo shows Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on Epstein Island.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show The Rock on Epstein Island
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/29/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-rock-epstein-island/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/may/17/family-budget-often-invoked-debt-fights/
title: A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget?
textual_rating: More different than similar
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"People across the country elect their representatives. What we do is, once we set the baseline, we go forward and we decide, Republicans and Democrats, what our priorities (are). It's the exact same thing that every single American family does."


claimant: Devin Nunes
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/13/fact-checking-house-impeachment-hearings-trump/
title: Fact-checking Trump, Ukraine impeachment hearings, day 1
review_date: 2019-11-13T21:42:16Z
textual_rating: Exaggeration
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Democrats downplay, ignore or outright deny the many indications that Ukrainians actually did meddle in the election."


text: Says BLM activist Sasha Johnson tweeted, “The white man will not be our equal but our slave.”
claimant: Facebook and Twitter posts
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, a British BLM leader did not tweet about enslaving white people
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/facebook-posts/no-british-blm-leader-did-not-tweet-about-enslavin/


text: "David McCormick paid for attacks on Donald Trump."
claimant: Mehmet Oz
claim_date: 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: No proof for Dr. Oz’s claim that Pa. GOP Senate rival Dave McCormick ‘paid for attacks’ on Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/16/mehmet-oz/no-proof-dr-ozs-claim-pa-gop-senate-rival-dave-mcc/


text: California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
claimant: Delaine Eastin
claim_date: 2017-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly True: California ranks 41st on per student spending but No. 1 per prisoner
review_date: 2018-01-18T03:07:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/17/delaine-eastin/does-california-rank-41st-student-spending-no-1-pr/


text: "Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2017-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz's Mostly False claim that two-thirds of Sandy relief was pork spending
review_date: 2017-08-30T21:50:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/30/ted-cruz/ted-cruzs-mostly-false-claim-two-thirds-sandy-reli/


text: A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Reviewing CDC's suggestions for how protect students and educators from the coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/22/viral-image/cdc-has-new-suggestions-how-protect-students-and-s/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi’s daughter isn’t on the Kennedy Center Board
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Nancy Pelosi’s “daughter is on the board of the Kennedy Center so that’s why it was so important to send them all that money.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/facebook-posts/nancy-pelosis-daughter-isnt-kennedy-center-board/


text: "We can fix our roads without raising taxes."
claimant: Citizens to Protect Transportation Funding
claim_date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Safe roads backers' tax claim defies reality
review_date: 2016-11-07T16:06:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/05/citizens-protect-transportation-funding/safe-roads-backers-tax-claim-defies-reality/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Bill Murray said this about lawmakers lying
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bill Murray said, “So if we lie to the government, it’s a felony. But if they lie to us it's politics.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/14/viral-image/no-evidence-bill-murray-said-about-lawmakers-lying/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Sometimes trees stay standing after wildfires. That’s because of how the fire typically spreads.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/15/facebook-posts/sometimes-trees-stay-standing-after-wildfires-that/


text: Video shows “Russian desert base and infrastructure hit by Bayraktar TB2 drone.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Video of a drone attacking a Russian base is from a game
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/26/facebook-posts/video-drone-attacking-russian-base-game/


text: NASA's T-minus launch countdown is a mocking reference to Satan.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Affinity for the devil? No. NASA’s “T-Minus” countdown is no nod to Satan.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/05/instagram-posts/affinity-for-the-devil-no-nasas-t-minus-countdown/


text: Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward a U.S. air base in Iraq.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Old YouTube video repopularized after Iran’s strike in Iraq
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/08/facebook-posts/old-youtube-video-repopularized-after-irans-strike/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that voting system in Michigan was designed to ‘create systemic fraud’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An “audit report” found that a voting system used in Michigan in the 2020 presidential election was designed to “create systemic fraud.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/01/facebook-posts/no-proof-voting-system-michigan-was-designed-creat/


text: “The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Eisenhower interstate highway system airstrip myth spreads on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/07/viral-image/eisenhower-interstate-highway-system-airstrip-myth/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: It's True, Boeing 737 Max 8 still flies in US even as FAA calls for software updates
review_date: 2019-03-12T21:20:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Boeing 737 Max 8, the type of plane that crashed in Ethiopia, continues to fly in the United States, despite the FAA saying "software updates are likely coming."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/12/elizabeth-warren/warren-faa-leans-boeing-fix-737-max-8-software/


claimant: Dallas Woodhouse
claim_date: 2019-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: GOP official falsely says Bladen voters didn't call NC elections board about absentee ballots
review_date: 2019-01-30T18:49:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the NC elections board received "no calls" after alerting Bladen County voters to possible absentee ballot fraud.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/30/dallas-woodhouse/gop-official-falsely-says-bladen-voters-didnt-call/


text: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Texas energy company accidentally billed customers more than $200K
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/viral-image/texas-energy-company-accidentally-billed-customers/


text: U.S. farmers are receiving $16 billion “out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, China is not paying U.S. farmers $16B through tariffs
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/02/donald-trump/no-china-not-paying-us-farmers-16b-through-tariffs/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/21/fact-checking-joe-biden-2020-democrat-national-con/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden at the 2020 Democratic National Convention
review_date: 2020-08-21T05:31:03Z
textual_rating: Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our economy is in tatters, with Black, Latino, Asian American, and Native American communities bearing the brunt of it."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s remarks about COVID-19 vaccines predate Hurricane Ian by more than a year
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As Hurricane Ian approached, President Joe Biden said, “a vital part of preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated now.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/28/facebook-posts/bidens-remarks-about-covid-19-vaccines-predate-hur/


text: “NAVY SEALs raid cargo ship full of smuggled children.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Story about SEALs rescuing children in cargo ship is false
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/18/viral-image/story-about-seals-rescuing-children-cargo-ship-fal/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/22/fact-checking-nine-things-trump-overstated-got-wro/
title: Fact-checking 9 things Trump overstated, got wrong in his Cedar Rapids speech
review_date: 2017-06-22T20:24:35Z
textual_rating: Talking point still mixed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Right now, we are one of the highest-taxed nations in the world. Really, on a large-scale basis, we are the highest-taxed nation in the world.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump correct — Lyndon Johnson passed legislation limiting political activity of churches
review_date: 2016-07-22T05:05:26Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/22/donald-trump/donald-trump-correct-lyndon-johnson-passed-legisla/


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: 2017-10-08T20:34:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."


claimant: Chris Cox
claim_date: 2017-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: NRA's Chris Cox falsely says Dianne Feinstein wanted to take 'all of your guns'
review_date: 2017-10-08T20:34:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/08/chris-cox/nras-chris-cox-falsely-says-dianne-feinstein-wante/


claimant: Mike Romano
claim_date: 2018-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Did West Virginia rank 50th in household income in 2017? Yes
review_date: 2018-12-07T17:37:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/07/mike-romano/did-west-virginia-rank-50th-household-income-2017-/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2023-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Are US abortion laws really more like China and North Korea than Europe? No
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/05/mike-pence/are-us-abortion-laws-really-more-like-china-and-no/


text: San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."
claimant: Adam Putnam
claim_date: 2017-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Can noncitizens vote in San Francisco, Takoma Park elections?
review_date: 2017-09-15T16:04:17Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/15/adam-putnam/san-francisco-takoma-park-noncitizens-elections/


text: In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion."
claimant: Wayne Messam
claim_date: 2019-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Wayne Messam on Florida law, mayors discussing gun reform
review_date: 2019-05-20T18:22:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/20/wayne-messam/fact-checking-wayne-messam-florida-law-mayors-disc/


text: "South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."
claimant: Habitat for Humanity of Broward
claim_date: 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Does South Florida lead nation in gap between wages and housing?
review_date: 2017-03-23T21:37:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/23/habitat-humanity-broward/does-south-florida-lead-nation-gap-between-wages-a/


text: Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz simplifies, saying Beto O'Rourke called police officers 'modern-day Jim Crow'
review_date: 2018-09-25T22:39:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/25/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-simplifies-saying-beto-orourke-called-pol/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: What's missing in Pence’s statement about insurance coverage for coronavirus testing?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“With regard to the cost, let me be very clear: HHS has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefit. That means, by definition, it's covered in the private health insurance of every American, as well as covered by Medicare and Medicaid."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/mike-pence/pences-statement-about-insurance-coverage-coronavi/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia bill would ban giving food, water to voters in line
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Georgia House passed a bill that “makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to voters waiting in line.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/09/facebook-posts/georgia-bill-would-ban-giving-food-water-voters-li/


claimant: Newslo.com
claim_date: 2017-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news story twists Paul Ryan’s words on poor people’s health care coverage
review_date: 2017-07-11T16:05:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Paul Ryan said that 22 million Americans "choose to be poor, so it’s their own problem if they can’t afford to be healthy."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/11/newslocom/fake-news-story-twists-paul-ryans-words-poor-peopl/


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2021-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Pentagon’s annual budget is twice the spending proposed to pay for Build Back Better Act
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/14/mark-pocan/yes-pentagons-annual-budget-twice-spending-propose/


claimant: Veronica Escobar
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: In State of the Union rebuttal, Texas Rep. overstates debt claim
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/05/veronica-escobar/state-union-rebuttal-texas-rep-overstates-debt-cla/


text: Says a photo shows a memorial vandalized by Black Lives Matter protesters.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Vietnam memorial was not vandalized by Black Lives Matter protesters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/04/facebook-posts/vietnam-memorial-was-not-vandalized-black-lives-ma/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump in Florida laments 'what's happening last night in Sweden.' But nothing happened
review_date: 2017-02-19T21:01:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-florida-rally-laments-attack-last-nig/


claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: New York has more private sector jobs than ever before
review_date: 2016-07-22T20:58:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We created 800,000 new jobs, we cut the unemployment rate almost in half and today New York State has more private sector jobs than it has ever had in its history"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/22/andrew-cuomo/new-york-has-more-private-sector-jobs-ever/


text: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates didn’t say no church services until everyone is vaccinated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/blog-posting/no-bill-gates-didnt-say-no-church-services-until-e/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan's claim on Wisconsin being a model for covering people with preexisting conditions
review_date: 2017-05-19T21:48:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/19/paul-ryan/paul-ryans-claim-wisconsin-being-model-covering-pe/


claimant: Sally Hernandez
claim_date: 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Sally Hernandez says cities labeled as sanctuaries have less crime, according to FBI statistics
review_date: 2017-05-10T16:53:57Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/10/sally-hernandez/sally-hernandez-says-cities-labeled-sanctuaries-ha/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2020-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Americans pay more for remdesivir. No, Trump administration isn’t to blame for that
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Americans are paying the highest price in the world for Remdesivir because the Trump administration is allowing Gilead Sciences to jack up the prices on this #COVID19 treatment.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/01/tammy-baldwin/yes-americans-pay-more-remdesivir-no-trump-adminis/


text: "Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."
claimant: Priorities USA
claim_date: 2019-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Honest’ ad mostly wrong about Trump, taxes and Medicare
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/26/priorities-usa-action/honest-ad-mostly-wrong-about-trump-taxes-and-medic/


text: Cornell University professor Robert Oswald said “COVID-19 was imaginary and fictitious.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: A Cornell professor did not say COVID-19 was a hoax
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/29/facebook-posts/cornell-virologist-did-not-say-covid-19-was-hoax/


claimant: Scot Ross
claim_date: 2017-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: How often does Gov. Scott Walker, seeking re-election in 2018, hold events open to the public?
review_date: 2017-11-15T17:24:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since 2015, Scott Walker has not done a public event where you don't have to pay admission or be on an approved list."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/15/scot-ross/how-often-does-gov-scott-walker-seeking-re-electio/


text: Photo shows packed beach of re-opened Jacksonville Beach on CNN.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of packed beach is from Brazil in 2013, not Jacksonville Beach in 2020
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/viral-image/photo-packed-beach-brazil-2013-not-jacksonville-be/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump scores with claim on number of U.S. workers
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/07/donald-trump/president-trump-scores-claim-number-us-workers/


text: Damar Hamlin wasn’t at the Buffalo Bills' playoff game.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Damar Hamlin appeared at the Buffalo Bills’ game. Conspiracy theorists think otherwise.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/23/tiktok-posts/damar-hamlin-appeared-at-the-buffalo-bills-game-co/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, health officials aren’t using Census data to target unvaccinated people
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The CDC and county health officials have obtained 2020 Census records to enhance their vaccination enforcement protocols.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/21/blog-posting/no-health-officials-arent-using-census-data-target/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real Charles Darwin quote about what it means to be ‘woke’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Charles Darwin predicted a sub-species of humans “will deny biology” and “attempt to undo the centuries of human development by rewriting history.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/22/viral-image/no-this-isnt-a-real-charles-darwin-quote-about-wha/


claimant: CNN
claim_date: 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/18/whats-true-whats-not-about-santa-fe-texas-school-s/
title: What's true, what's not about Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting
review_date: 2018-05-18T19:46:24Z
textual_rating: By Some Counts Yes
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Including today’s shooting incident at a Texas high school, this year there have already been 22 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed.”


text: "Kurt Russell supports Trump" by wearing a Trump T-shirt.
claimant: Florida Firefighters for TRUMP
claim_date: 2018-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Kurt Russell in a Trump T-shirt is doctored
review_date: 2018-11-07T15:31:38Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/06/blog-posting/photo-kurt-russell-trump-t-shirt-doctored/


text: Desmond Tutu died on Oct. 20, 2021.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Hoax Twitter account sparks false rumor that Desmond Tutu died
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/20/tweets/hoax-twitter-account-sparks-false-rumor-desmond-tu/


text: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
claimant: Mark Finchem
claim_date: 2022-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona’s Mark Finchem falsely links George Soros to voter roll program
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/mark-finchem/arizonas-mark-finchem-falsely-links-george-soros-t/


claimant: Kathy Hochul
claim_date: 2020-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Hochul rewrites history with ventilator claim
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo “was simply saying if we can share 20 percent of your excess, your non-used ventilators, to help people in other parts of the state on a voluntary basis, that would be great. Of course, there was a reaction to that, which was not positive."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/kathy-hochul/hochul-rewrites-history-ventilator-claim/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fires can hop; directed energy weapons did not spare blue things in Hawaii
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Images of blue things that weren’t burned in Hawaii are evidence directed energy weapons started the wildfires there.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/24/instagram-posts/fires-can-hop-directed-energy-weapons-did-not-spar/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Barbara Walters said this about Jane Fonda
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/30/facebook-posts/no-evidence-barbara-walters-said-ab-jane-fonda/


text: Instagram’s "precise location" feature can be used by criminals to target victims.
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Instagram is not revealing your location without your consent
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/30/instagram-posts/no-instagram-not-revealing-your-location-without-y/


text: Facebook changed its name because it is a “dead entity” whose assets were seized.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Meta sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead,” but the company lives
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/viral-image/meta-sounds-like-the-hebrew-word-for-dead-but-the/


text: Says Ady Barkan asked Joe Biden, “Do we agree that we can redirect some of the funding for police?”
claimant: Steve Scalise
claim_date: 2020-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: House Republican’s video manipulates activist’s computerized voice to attack Biden
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/31/steve-scalise/house-republicans-video-manipulates-activists-comp/


text: Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."
claimant: Louise Slaughter
claim_date: 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Will Trump's decision on DACA hurt New York's economy?
review_date: 2017-09-11T12:35:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/10/louise-slaughter/would-trumps-decision-daca-hurt-new-yorks-economy/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2019-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O’Rourke on target about scale of Democratic surge in Texas in 2018
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2018, when he ran for senator, "young voter turnout in early voting was up 500%. We won more votes than any Democrat has in the history of the state of Texas."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/24/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-target-about-scale-democratic-surge-t/


text: "Food stamp enrollment drops by four million in one month."
claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2018-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Food stamps dropped nationally, but after temporary spike following hurricanes
review_date: 2018-02-13T16:30:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/12/breitbart/food-stamps-dropped-nationally-after-temporary-spi/


text: Katie Hobbs signing Arizona’s election certification was “unconstitutional.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Hobbs certifying Arizona’s election was typical, not ‘unconstitutional’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/09/viral-image/hobbs-certifying-arizonas-election-was-typical-not/


claimant: Occupy Democrats
claim_date: 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking how Texas ranks for children’s health in light of new abortion law
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/08/occupy-democrats/post-critical-texas-health-rankings-half-correct/


text: Says Donald Trump said at the Republican convention “I alone can fix it.”
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump said 'I alone can fix it'
review_date: 2016-07-29T03:58:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-donald-trump-said-i-alone-can/


claimant: Eric Bolling
claim_date: 2016-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fox's Eric Bolling exaggerates shortcomings of Barack Obama's stimulus
review_date: 2016-11-30T00:10:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/29/eric-bolling/foxs-eric-bolling-exaggerates-shortcomings-stimulu/


claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2020-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims from a Chris Jacobs-Nate McMurray debate
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/chris-jacobs/fact-checking-claims-chris-jacobs-nate-mcmurray-de/


text: "Biden's plan is a 14% tax hike on middle class families."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump ad accuses Joe Biden of phantom 14% tax hike
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-ad-accuses-joe-biden-phantom-14-tax-h/


text: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: ‘We are not on fire’: Authorities dispute Trump’s false claim about Portland
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/01/donald-trump/we-are-not-fire-authorities-dispute-trumps-false-c/


claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2016-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Rush Limbaugh wrong that lack of hurricanes diminishes climate change argument
review_date: 2016-10-07T20:57:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/07/rush-limbaugh/rush-limbaugh-wrong-lack-hurricanes-diminishes-cli/


claimant: Tom Price
claim_date: 2017-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Price misleads on Obamacare tax penalty
review_date: 2017-05-10T20:19:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense, I’m not going to participate in your program, because it doesn’t do what I need done.’ "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/08/tom-price/tom-price-misleads-obamacare-tax-penalty/


text: Aluminum “is in the vaccine” and will hurt the brain.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: The COVID-19 vaccines do not contain aluminum
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/22/instagram-posts/instagram-post-suggests-covid-19-vaccines-contain-/


claimant: Jeff Weaver
claim_date: 2016-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Allegations of fraud and misconduct at Nevada Democratic convention unfounded
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:51:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Nevada Democratic Party leaders "hijacked the process on the floor" of the state convention "ignoring the regular procedure and ramming through what they wanted to do."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/18/jeff-weaver/allegations-fraud-and-misconduct-nevada-democratic/


text: The coronavirus isn’t new because “Lysol has it listed as one of the viruses that it kills.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Lysol label doesn’t prove the coronavirus isn’t new
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/05/viral-image/no-lysol-label-doesnt-prove-coronavirus-isnt-new/


text: "Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s."
claimant: Ann Hudspeth
claim_date: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Austin's Ann Hudspeth says Texas leads nation in animal deaths due to exploding M-44 traps
review_date: 2017-06-02T19:05:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/02/ann-hudspeth/austins-ann-hudspeth-says-texas-leads-nation-anima/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2020-05-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/01/how-false-claim-about-out-state-protesters-travele/
title: How a false claim about out-of-state protesters traveled from Minnesota officials to Trump, Pelosi
review_date: 2020-06-01T20:57:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"80% of the people who were arrested or taken into custody following (the violence in Minneapolis) were from out of the area."


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Nearly all employees complied with vaccine mandate, United Airlines says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The percentage of vaccinated employees at United Airlines increased after the mandate because unvaccinated employees left the company.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/14/tweets/nearly-all-employees-complied-vaccine-mandate-unit/


text: Twitter suspended a swimmer for tweeting about Lia Thomas.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Twitter didn’t suspend Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/viral-image/no-twitter-didnt-suspend-virginia-tech-swimmer-rek/


text: "Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking whether Verizon promotes defunding police and the notion that US is racist
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/27/tiktok-posts/fact-checking-whether-verizon-promotes-defunding-p/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2021-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin marijuana revenue projections valid, but overly optimistic
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/12/tony-evers/legal-marijuana-revenue-projections-valid-skew-ove/


claimant: For Our Future PAC
claim_date: 2018-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: In Ohio governor's race, liberal PAC exaggerates impact of Obamacare repeal
review_date: 2018-07-10T16:27:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/10/our-future-pac/ohio-governors-race-liberal-pac-exaggerates-impact/


text: Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "has never had a real job."
claimant: Don Pridemore
claim_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: GOP State Senate candidate is off base with claim that Wisconsin governor ‘never had a real job’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/don-pridemore/gop-state-senate-candidate-base-claim-wisconsin-go/


text: Photo shows a shark swimming on a freeway in Houston.
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: There are no sharks swimming in the streets of Houston or anywhere else
review_date: 2017-08-28T21:31:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/28/blog-posting/there-are-no-sharks-swimming-streets-houston-or-an/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/04/fact-checking-donald-trumps-axios-interview/
title: Fact-checking 22 claims from Donald Trump's Axios interview
review_date: 2020-08-04T21:16:55Z
textual_rating: Disputed by local officials
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Actually, (the violence in Portland) is getting better (since federal agents went in). We’ve arrested a lot of people."


claimant: Rahm Emanuel
claim_date: 2017-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Emanuel plays fast and loose with fast growth boast
review_date: 2017-10-20T14:34:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/20/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-plays-fast-and-loose-fast-growth-boast/


claimant: Scott Perry
claim_date: 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: In Pa. House race, Perry fails to tie DePasquale to AOC over defunding police, socialized medicine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eugene DePasquale support "socialized medicine," the Green New Deal and defunding the police.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/scott-perry/pa-house-race-perry-fails-tie-depasquale-aoc-over-/


claimant: Bobby Scott
claim_date: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Bobby Scott is right about falling value of minimum wage
review_date: 2019-02-13T15:47:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Today’s minimum wage worker making $7.25 an hour has less buying power than a minimum wage worker in the 1960s."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/13/bobby-scott/bobby-scott-right-about-falling-value-minimum-wage/


text: “DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.”
claimant: Paul Sperry
claim_date: 2020-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris’s sister does take hydroxychloroquine — for lupus
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/13/paul-sperry/kamala-harriss-sister-does-take-hydroxychloroquine/


claimant: Jessica Morse
claim_date: 2018-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic challenger misleads in claim on Rep. Tom McClintock’s record
review_date: 2018-07-24T23:00:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., "has authored three laws since he’s been in office; two renamed post offices."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/24/jessica-morse/has-republican-congressman-tom-mcclintock-authored/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on FBI probe into Clinton emails
review_date: 2016-11-02T16:55:40Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The FBI has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton ... and discovered another 650,000 emails."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trump-fbi-probe-clinton-email/


text: Dan McCready "did admit he opposes middle class tax cuts"
claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ad distorts McCready's position on tax cuts
review_date: 2018-10-18T15:35:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/17/congressional-leadership-fund/attack-ad-distorts-mccreadys-position-tax-cuts/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Trump blames Obama for decline in federal drug prosecutions and increase in opioid deaths
review_date: 2017-08-09T21:27:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer federal prosecutions than in 2011, so (prosecutors) looked at this scourge (opioid deaths) and they let it go by."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/09/donald-trump/trump-blames-obama-decline-federal-drug-prosecutio/


claimant: Laura Ingraham
claim_date: 2020-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Ingraham wrongly claims ‘no science’ suggests restaurants spread COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/10/laura-ingraham/ingraham-wrongly-claims-no-science-suggests-restau/


text: "The Alamo has been consistently listed as one of the most disappointing landmarks in our nation."
claimant: George P. Bush
claim_date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Is the Alamo consistently listed among nation's most disappointing landmarks?
review_date: 2017-10-20T14:32:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/20/george-p-bush/alamo-consistently-listed-among-nations-most-disap/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Prince did not invest in Nike or design the first Air Jordan sneaker
review_date: 2019-03-18T15:38:56Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/15/facebook-posts/no-prince-did-not-invest-nike-or-design-first-air-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Californians aren’t being asked to repeal Prop. 13’s residential property tax limits
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/24/facebook-posts/no-californians-arent-being-asked-repeal-prop-13s-/


text: A reporter who covered the Buffalo supermarket shooting was a "crisis actor."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Local TV error leads spurs Buffalo shooting ‘crisis actor’ conspiracy theory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/instagram-posts/local-tv-error-leads-spurs-buffalo-shooting-crisis/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Canadian officials say there’s no evidence 13-year-old had heart attacks after COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A 13-year-old girl "is now in critical care in the hospital here in Halifax because her heart stopped right after she had a vaccine."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/28/instagram-posts/canadian-officials-say-theres-no-evidence-13-year-/


text: "Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Sanders post said US sanctions blocked access to a Cuban lung cancer vaccine. Is that true?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/04/blog-posting/sanders-supporters-said-sanctions-blocked-access-c/


