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politifact_253 | politifact_253 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/22/facebook-posts/social-media-hoax-promises-cash-allowance-health-c/ | “Free health allowance is available at no cost.” | Facebook | 2022-08-22 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/22/facebook-posts/social-media-hoax-promises-cash-allowance-health-c/ | President Joe Biden has not announced a new initiative to give Americans more than $5,000 in cash or credit to cover health care. It’s not safe to turn over personal information to unfamiliar websites. | 2022-08-22 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_253_ret_b14_gn | politifact_253 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/22/facebook-posts/social-media-hoax-promises-cash-allowance-health-c/ | “Free health allowance is available at no cost.” | Facebook | 2022-08-22 | https://www.gov.scot/publications/free-personal-nursing-care-qa/ | A. Free Personal Care has been available in Scotland for adults aged 65 or over since 2002. The Scottish Government has legislated to ensure that by 1 April 2019 adults of any age, no matter their condition, capital or income, who are assessed by their local authority as needing this service, are entitled to receive this without charge. Free Nursing Care is similar and has been available to all who are assessed as requiring nursing care services, regardless of age, without charge. [...] However, Free Personal and Nursing Care payments will only begin when an assessment has been carried out and a contract is in place with the care home. It is not possible to have Free Personal and Nursing Care payments backdated to a point before the contract is in place. [...] A. All local authorities have criteria which recognise urgency and risk as factors in determining eligibility for services, such as personal care. Those at the higher risks (critical or substantial), will be more likely to receive Free Personal and Nursing Care services or to receive them sooner, than those who are assessed as moderate or low risk. | 2019-04-02 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_253_ret_b16_gn | politifact_253 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/22/facebook-posts/social-media-hoax-promises-cash-allowance-health-c/ | “Free health allowance is available at no cost.” | Facebook | 2022-08-22 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/01/26/fact-check-no-biden-didnt-sign-order-free-health-insurance/11119358002/ | The claim: Biden’s executive order gives free health insurance [...] "Your 2023 Relief Package Is Here!," reads the caption of the post. "President Biden signed Executive Order 14009 making Health Insurance FREE for qualifying Americans. Thanks to the Affordable Cart (sic) Act, American’s (sic) with less than $50k/year income now qualify to get Health Plans for as low as $0/month." [...] The order requires heads of agencies to examine policies or practices that "may present unnecessary barriers to individuals and families" attempting to access either Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. The order makes no reference to free health insurance coverage. | 2023-01-26 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_253_ret_b4_gn | politifact_253 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/22/facebook-posts/social-media-hoax-promises-cash-allowance-health-c/ | “Free health allowance is available at no cost.” | Facebook | 2022-08-22 | https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/03/1024219932/uninsured-or-unemployed-you-might-be-missing-out-on-free-health-insurance | Uninsured Or Unemployed? You Might Be Missing Out On Free Health Insurance [...] There is Medicaid, which is the state-federal public plan for low-income people. And, on HealthCare.gov and the state marketplaces there are free "bronze plans" — the lowest tier of plans — that might be available with zero-dollar premiums depending on your income. Both of those have been options for years. [...] "There are millions of people who are passing up free health insurance," says Cynthia Cox, director of the Program on the ACA at the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation, who authored a recent brief on the topic. "That free health insurance — most of the time — actually comes with very low deductibles, too. So a lot of times, people could have all — or the vast majority — of their health care costs paid for." | 2021-08-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_253_ret_bn_g5 | politifact_253 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/22/facebook-posts/social-media-hoax-promises-cash-allowance-health-c/ | “Free health allowance is available at no cost.” | Facebook | 2022-08-22 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/22/facebook-posts/social-media-hoax-promises-cash-allowance-health-c/ | The other Facebook video claimed that registration was open for people to sign up for a $5,200 health allowance. "I can’t believe what the prez announced," said the voice in the video, referring to President Joe Biden. "The newest incentive for anyone who doesn’t have Medicare or Medicaid. I got $5,200 worth of health allowances for me and my wife. It’s so nice being able to get my prescriptions and going to the doctor for free. Just click below and you can get qualified, too." [...] The second video also provided no evidence that Biden had announced a $5,200 health allowance. | 2022-08-12 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_254 | politifact_254 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-blames-donald-trump-for-one-quarter-of-t/ | “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump. | Joe Biden | 2023-01-20 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-blames-donald-trump-for-one-quarter-of-t/ | Biden’s number is accurate; about one-fourth of the total debt incurred to date came on Trump’s watch. However, assigning debt to a particular president is tricky, because so much of the spending was approved by decades-old, bipartisan legislation that set the parameters for Social Security and Medicare. A different calculation shows more debt stemming from former President Barack Obama, with whom Biden served as vice president. | 2023-01-20 | Half True | true | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_254_ret_b10_gn | politifact_254 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-blames-donald-trump-for-one-quarter-of-t/ | “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump. | Joe Biden | 2023-01-20 | https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump | The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office. That’s nearly twice as much as what Americans owe on student loans, car loans, credit cards and every other type of debt other than mortgages, combined, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It amounts to about $23,500 in new federal debt for every person in the country. [...] Nine days later, he tweeted, "Because of Tariffs we will be able to start paying down large amounts of the $21 trillion in debt that has been accumulated, much by the Obama Administration." [...] Weeks later, COVID-19 erupted and made the financial situation far worse. As of Dec. 31, 2020, the national debt had jumped to $27.75 trillion, up 39% from $19.95 trillion when Trump was sworn in. The government ended its 2020 fiscal year with the portion of the national debt owed to investors, the metric favored by the CBO, at around 100% of GDP. The CBO had predicted less than a year earlier that it would take until 2030 to reach that approximate level of debt. Including the trillions owed to various governmental trust funds, the total debt is now about 130% of GDP. | 2021-01-14 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_254_ret_b11_gn | politifact_254 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-blames-donald-trump-for-one-quarter-of-t/ | “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump. | Joe Biden | 2023-01-20 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?ruling=half-true&speaker=joe-biden | Joe Biden stated on June 15, 2023 in a speech: "Twenty-six out of every 100 students" in K-12 speak Spanish. Joe Biden stated on February 3, 2023 in a speech in Philadelphia: "We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term." Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet: "Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades." Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: "One quarter" of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt "was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor," Donald Trump. Joe Biden stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House: "Take-home pay for workers is going up." Joe Biden stated on October 8, 2022 in an Instagram post: The Biden administration has "created" more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush. [...] Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: "One quarter" of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt "was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor," Donald Trump. | 2024-05-16 | Half True | false | false | not_applicable |
politifact_254_ret_bn_g2 | politifact_254 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-blames-donald-trump-for-one-quarter-of-t/ | “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump. | Joe Biden | 2023-01-20 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=debt&ruling=half-true | Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: "One quarter" of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt "was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor," Donald Trump. Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes": "This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in Newsletter: "Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people. Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House: "My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor." Abby Finkenauer stated on December 9, 2021 in a tweet: Chuck Grassley was "voting to slash Medicare" when voting against the debt ceiling bill. Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: "Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking." Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: "The national debt is now bigger than our economy. [...] Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: "One quarter" of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt "was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor," Donald Trump. | 2024-09-21 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_255 | politifact_255 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/ | “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.” | Nikki Haley | 2023-12-14 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/ | About 65,300 soldiers died in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan combined. About 127,000 Americans died from drug overdoses involving a synthetic opioid other than methadone in 2020 and 2021, federal data shows. These deaths are primarily because of fentanyl. War deaths are often used as a way to illustrate the scale of a public health crisis. U.S. health officials typically track opioid deaths alongside deaths from other public health causes like heart disease or cancer. | 2023-12-14 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_255_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_255 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/ | “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.” | Nikki Haley | 2023-12-14 | https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2024/01/07/is-nikki-haleys-claim-about-fentanyl-deaths-correct-fact-check/ | "We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam wars, combined," the former South Carolina governor said Dec. 14 at the Atkinson Resort and Country Club. [...] Federal data shows Haley’s math is accurate when measuring national fentanyl deaths against U.S. military deaths. About 127,000 Americans died from drug overdoses involving a synthetic opioid other than methadone (primarily fentanyl) in 2020 and 2021 alone, compared with 65,278 U.S. military personnel who died in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. [...] Her numbers are right. About 127,000 Americans died from drug overdoses involving a synthetic opioid other than methadone (primarily fentanyl) in 2020 and 2021, compared with 65,278 U.S. military personnel who died in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. | 2024-01-07 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_255_ret_bn_g12 | politifact_255 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/ | “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.” | Nikki Haley | 2023-12-14 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/09/27/republican-gop-debate-live-fact-check/70934154007/ | Nikki Haley claim: Fentanyl has killed more Americans than the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq Fentanyl has killed more Americans "than the Iraq, Vietnam or Afghanistan wars combined." -Haley [...] In 2021 alone, there was a total of 106,000 drug overdose deaths reported in the U.S., including about 70,000 involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, which is primarily fentanyl, according to the National Institutes of Health. That makes Haley's claim true. | 2023-09-27 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_255_ret_bn_g17 | politifact_255 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/ | “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.” | Nikki Haley | 2023-12-14 | https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-press-sec-says-fentanyl-at-the-southern-border-is-at-historic-lows/ | Why it matters: Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin, has killed more Americans than the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars combined. In 2021 alone, more than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, with the main culprit being fentanyl mixed with other drugs or chemicals, often without the user's knowledge. Provisional data from the CDC show that 100,500 Americans died from a drug overdose in the 12-month period from September 2021 to September 2022. Americans aged between 18 and 49 are more likely to die from fentanyl poisoning than any other cause of death. [...] Moreover, fentanyl did not take such a hold on the U.S. drug market until recently. In 2016, 20,000 Americans died from synthetic opioid overdoses. Since then, fentanyl overdoses have been steadily increasing. | 2023-03-08 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_255_ret_bn_g2 | politifact_255 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/ | “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.” | Nikki Haley | 2023-12-14 | https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/1220881380/overdose-fentanyl-drugs-addiction | "We do have fentanyl that's dangerous, we have xylazine that's poison," Vincent told NPR. "We've had an entire community swept away. I can't even think of all the people I know who have died. My daughter died. Our mentors are dead. It is so dangerous right now." Public health experts say fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far more powerful than heroin, is responsible for the majority of drug deaths. But the supply of illegal drugs is increasingly complex and perilous. [...] "We've had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined," said Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who is now seeking the GOP presidential nomination, speaking to voters in New Hampshire on Dec. 14. | 2023-12-28 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_256 | politifact_256 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-relief-law-doesnt-give-federal-workers/ | “Pelosi’s $1.9 trillion bailout gives EVERY federal employee a $21,000 bonus check… they never lost their job!” | Facebook posts | 2021-03-18 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-relief-law-doesnt-give-federal-workers/ | The law allocates money for an expanded paid-leave fund for federal workers dealing with certain COVID-19-related matters. There is no bonus check. It covers leave that would otherwise be unpaid. | 2021-03-18 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_256_ret_b0_gn | politifact_256 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-relief-law-doesnt-give-federal-workers/ | “Pelosi’s $1.9 trillion bailout gives EVERY federal employee a $21,000 bonus check… they never lost their job!” | Facebook posts | 2021-03-18 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-relief-law-doesnt-give-federal-workers/ | No, COVID-19 relief law doesn’t give federal workers a $21,000 bonus [...] There is no bonus check. This appears to be a distortion of a limited-term provision in the package that provides additional paid family leave to some federal employees, covering leave that would otherwise be unpaid. [...] A Facebook post claims that the new COVID-19 relief package provides every federal employee with a $21,000 bonus check. | 2021-03-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_256_ret_b10_gn | politifact_256 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-relief-law-doesnt-give-federal-workers/ | “Pelosi’s $1.9 trillion bailout gives EVERY federal employee a $21,000 bonus check… they never lost their job!” | Facebook posts | 2021-03-18 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/02/23/paid-to-stay-home--coronavirus-aid-bill-pays-federal-employees-with-kids-out-of-school-up-to-21k/ | The U.S. House version of the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" – a $1.9 trillion emergency aid package to help America recover from the coronavirus pandemic has an extra perk for federal workers: Enhanced paid time off if your child is enrolled in a school that isn’t back to full-time, in-classroom instruction. Critics call it a personal bailout for bureaucrats. It is funded through a new $570 million family leave account exclusively for federal workers. [...] Buried on page 305 of the House bill released late last Friday night (included after the bailout details for states and localities), is a new Treasury Department fund called the "Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund." | 2021-02-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_256_ret_b7_gn | politifact_256 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-relief-law-doesnt-give-federal-workers/ | “Pelosi’s $1.9 trillion bailout gives EVERY federal employee a $21,000 bonus check… they never lost their job!” | Facebook posts | 2021-03-18 | https://federalnewsnetwork.com/benefits/2021/03/congress-secures-more-paid-leave-for-federal-employees-in-newly-passed-covid-19-relief-bill/ | The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package gives federal employees access to a new bank of paid leave, which will allow them to recover from COVID-19 and care fo... [...] Congress on Wednesday passed a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, known as the American Rescue Plan, which will provide federal employees with a few new benefits. [...] The American Rescue Plan includes a few provisions that are notable for federal employees. At the top of the list is more paid leave for the vast majority of employees. | 2021-03-11 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_256_ret_b9_gn | politifact_256 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-relief-law-doesnt-give-federal-workers/ | “Pelosi’s $1.9 trillion bailout gives EVERY federal employee a $21,000 bonus check… they never lost their job!” | Facebook posts | 2021-03-18 | https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-1-9-trillion-covid-bill-pelosi-kevin-mccarthy | Other "urgent needs" include $50 million for Planned Parenthood, $685 billion that isn’t scheduled to be spent for another two years – about a third of the entire cost of the bill, and an additional $1,400 per week, up to $21,000 total, for federal employees who have kids out of school, but ignores millions of parents outside of D.C. who are also suffering through school closures, a crisis that has already forced one million American moms to leave the workforce. [...] When you add it all up, the price tag of Democrats’ bill is jaw-dropping. At $1.9 trillion, it is the single most expensive bill in history. But don’t call it a rescue or relief bill. Call it a Pelosi Payoff. Because the amount of money that actually goes to funding public health is less than nine percent. This is not a serious attempt to fix the real problems of the American people. | 2021-02-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_26 | politifact_26 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/byron-donalds/yes-tim-walz-signed-a-law-letting-immigrants-illeg/ | "Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota." | Byron Donalds | 2024-08-06 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/byron-donalds/yes-tim-walz-signed-a-law-letting-immigrants-illeg/ | Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that lets people in the state, regardless of immigration status, apply for a license or an ID card. To get a license, people must meet certain requirements, including showing proof that they live in Minnesota, documentation proving their identity and passing a written test on the rules of the road and a driving skills test. | 2024-08-06 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_26_ret_bn_g10 | politifact_26 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/byron-donalds/yes-tim-walz-signed-a-law-letting-immigrants-illeg/ | "Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota." | Byron Donalds | 2024-08-06 | https://www.startribune.com/gov-walz-signs-bill-granting-drivers-licenses-to-unauthorized-immigrants-in-minnesota/600256888 | Gov. Walz signs bill granting driver's licenses to unauthorized immigrants in Minnesota [...] Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law at the Minnesota National Guard Armory in St. Paul on Tuesday that will allow unauthorized immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. [...] Minnesota joins 18 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico where residents can access driver's licenses regardless of immigration status. In Minnesota licenses can be used for driving and identification purposes. The new law will allow previously unlicensed drivers to become insured, and studies have shown licenses improve road safety. | 2023-03-07 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_26_ret_bn_g19 | politifact_26 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/byron-donalds/yes-tim-walz-signed-a-law-letting-immigrants-illeg/ | "Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota." | Byron Donalds | 2024-08-06 | https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/03/07/si-se-pudo-walz-signs-immigrant-drivers-license-bill-into-law | ‘Sí se pudo’: Walz signs immigrant driver’s license bill into law [...] Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed a bill allowing people in the state to obtain a driver’s license or ID card regardless of their immigration status. [...] Dozens of immigrants and supporters of the policy change flanked the governor during a bill signing ceremony at the Minnesota National Guard Armory. Several teared up when Walz signed the measure into law and they chanted "Sí se pudo," which means yes we could. | 2023-03-07 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_26_ret_bn_g4 | politifact_26 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/byron-donalds/yes-tim-walz-signed-a-law-letting-immigrants-illeg/ | "Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota." | Byron Donalds | 2024-08-06 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/byron-donalds/yes-tim-walz-signed-a-law-letting-immigrants-illeg/ | Yes, Tim Walz signed a law letting immigrants illegally in Minnesota get driver’s licenses [...] "Tim Walz signed into law driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota, he wanted health care for illegal immigrants in Minnesota, this guy is incredibly left-wing," Donalds said. [...] On March 7, 2023, as Minnesota governor, Walz signed H.F. 4, a bill that expanded access to driver’s licenses to people in the state, regardless of their immigration status. State House and Senate Democrats broadly supported the measure, and only one House Republican supported it. | 2024-08-06 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_26_ret_bn_g9 | politifact_26 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/byron-donalds/yes-tim-walz-signed-a-law-letting-immigrants-illeg/ | "Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota." | Byron Donalds | 2024-08-06 | https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2024-08-16/politifact-fl-tim-walz-signed-law-expanding-drivers-licenses-access-to-immigrants | "Tim Walz signed into law driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota, he wanted health care for illegal immigrants in Minnesota, this guy is incredibly left-wing," Donalds said. | 2024-08-16 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_263 | politifact_263 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/ | Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*" | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2020-02-21 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/ | Sanders is well known for eschewing campaign contributions from big-business interests. But there have been instances where lobbyists representing corporations or industry groups have donated to his presidential and Senate campaigns. | 2020-02-21 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_263_ret_b18_gn | politifact_263 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/ | Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*" | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2020-02-21 | https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/464720-lobbyists-pan-sanders-proposal-to-end-corporate-donations-for-party-conventions/ | Lobbyists pan Sanders proposal to end corporate donations for party conventions Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) new proposal to prohibit corporate funding of party conventions drew sharp criticism from lobbyists on Monday, with some arguing the move would discourage cities from offering to host the quadrennial gatherings. [...] "Bernie Sanders is building an unprecedented grassroots campaign to end corruption, and as a nominee would host a grassroots conventions for delegates, party members, teachers, workers, nurses, farmers, and students — corporate lobbyists will never buy influence with Bernie, period," Josh Orton, Sanders’s national policy director, said in a statement. | 2019-10-07 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_263_ret_b1_gn | politifact_263 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/ | Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*" | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2020-02-21 | https://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/bernie-sanders-took-money-big-lobbying-groups-returned-corporate-pac-donations | Bernie Sanders Took Money From Big Lobbying Groups, Returned Corporate PAC Donations Bernie Sanders says he’s never taken money from corporate political action committees. An International Business Times review of federal elections records supports that claim — but Sanders has taken PAC money from business-linked groups that lobby Congress. [...] As Hillary Clinton faces scrutiny for the campaign donations and speaking fees she received from Wall Street firms, she has sought to direct attention to Sanders’ ties to a national Democratic Party committee that’s received some of its funding from the financial sector and other big businesses. The Sanders campaign has struck back at that comparison, and declared last week that he "has never accepted corporate PAC money in his life." | 2016-02-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_263_ret_b7_gn | politifact_263 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/ | Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*" | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2020-02-21 | https://time.com/4212575/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street-donations/ | In an effort to level the playing field with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on Wall Street regulation, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued Monday that he accepted money indirectly from financial institutions. [...] "Senator Sanders took about $200,000 from Wall Street firms," Clinton said, speaking to a crowd at the community college. "Not directly but through the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee. There is nothing wrong with that. It didn’t change his view. Well, it didn’t change my view or my vote, either." [...] Sanders’ campaign manager shot back later on Monday afternoon. "Bernie Sanders, who has never accepted corporate PAC money in his life, is now accused by Secretary Clinton of taking ‘about $200,000 from Wall Street firms.’ How do they reach that false and absurd conclusion?" Jeff Weaver said. "They assume that every nickel Bernie Sanders received from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for his Senate campaign came from Wall Street." | 2016-02-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_263_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_263 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/ | Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*" | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2020-02-21 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/bernie-sanders-has-taken-corporate-lobbyist-money-/ | Bernie Sanders has taken corporate lobbyist money — in small amounts [...] "One major reason I support Bernie is his consistency when things are hard. Not only does Bernie reject corporate money in 2020, he’s also never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career*," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, using asterisks for emphasis. "He is a real one. And in politics, that is nearly impossible to find." Sanders never once took corporate lobbyist money? That’s not the case. | 2020-02-20 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_265 | politifact_265 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/ | “Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless.” | Instagram posts | 2022-08-30 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/ | A sign from a Starbucks cafe in the United Kingdom announcing it was going cashless started rumors that the entire company was eschewing cash. But that’s not right. | 2022-08-30 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_265_ret_b17_gn | politifact_265 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/ | “Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless.” | Instagram posts | 2022-08-30 | https://robots.net/fintech/why-is-starbucks-going-cashless/ | But what exactly does it mean for Starbucks to go cashless? In simple terms, it means that Starbucks will no longer accept physical currency, such as cash or coins, as a form of payment. Instead, customers will be encouraged to pay using various digital payment options, such as their Starbucks mobile app, credit cards, or other contactless payment methods. [...] Going cashless refers to the practice of conducting financial transactions without using physical currency. In the context of Starbucks, it means that customers will no longer be able to pay for their purchases using cash or coins. Instead, they will be encouraged to use digital payment methods. [...] By going cashless, Starbucks is positioning itself as a forward-thinking brand that embraces the digital future. In an era where technology is rapidly evolving, and digital payments are becoming increasingly popular, staying ahead of the competition is crucial for long-term success. | 2023-12-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_265_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_265 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/ | “Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless.” | Instagram posts | 2022-08-30 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/ | If Your Time is short - A sign from a Starbucks cafe in the United Kingdom announcing it was going cashless started rumors that the entire company was eschewing cash. But that’s not right. [...] On Instagram, one user wrote, "Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless." [...] We rate claims that Starbucks is going cashless False. | 2022-08-30 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_265_ret_bn_g3 | politifact_265 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/ | “Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless.” | Instagram posts | 2022-08-30 | https://www.retaildive.com/news/starbucks-launches-cashless-store-pilot/515154/ | Starbucks is testing out cashless checkout in stores nationwide, according to several news reports. As of Tuesday, for example, one downtown Seattle store accepts only cards or mobile payments, according to a report from KIRO-7. [...] Just last month, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, told CNBC that Starbucks would soon be a cashless retailer. "That time is nearer than you think," he said, but also added that people would continue to brew and pour coffee. "I don't see a day where artificial intelligence or robotics is going to replace the humanity of Starbucks," he said. [...] The cashless store is positioned as a convenience play, but cash-free payments, especially through a retailer's mobile app, could siphon up a lot of customer data. Starbucks is looking for feedback on its new effort, and the privacy concerns expressed to the Seattle news channel aren't likely relegated to just one store. | 2018-01-19 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_265_ret_bn_g4 | politifact_265 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/ | “Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless.” | Instagram posts | 2022-08-30 | https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/starbucks-ceo-the-third-place-needed-now-more-than-ever-before/ | We have expanded service beyond drive-thru to include mobile ordering for contactless pick-up, delivery and, in some locations, curbside pickup and grab-and-go through the café. [...] The third place experience created by Starbucks partners in our stores is extended and enhanced by the digital relationships we have with our customers. Our Starbucks App will enable new features, including optimizing for curbside pick-up, entryway handoff, improved drive-thru experiences, voice ordering through Siri and the ability for everyone to earn stars that can be redeemed for rewards. We will also shift toward more cashless experiences, knowing that the handling of cash creates consumer concerns about the spread of viruses. We predict the mobile app will become the dominant form of payment. [...] Starbucks is well-positioned for this transformation. Pre-COVID-19, more than 80 percent of customer orders in the U.S. were for "on the go" — through the drive-thru, in a café at point-of-sale or through Mobile Order for pickup or delivery. That means the majority of Starbucks customers are already familiar with the safe, convenient experiences that are now called for by physical distancing recommendations. | 2020-05-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_266 | politifact_266 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/11/jd-vance/fact-checking-jd-vance-tim-ryans-record-fracking/ | “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.” | J.D. Vance | 2022-10-10 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/11/jd-vance/fact-checking-jd-vance-tim-ryans-record-fracking/ | Ryan, as a 2020 presidential candidate, spoke about regulating fracking and even halting it if the industry cannot keep local residents safe. He said he’d "absolutely" consider banning fracking on federal lands and voted to stop the processing of fracking applications for drilling sites off California’s coast. However, Ryan’s full record of statements and policies show his focus has been on leveraging natural gas as a transitional fuel and a source of revenue and jobs for Ohio, while reducing environmental risks. | 2022-10-10 | Half True | true | true | supports |
politifact_266_ret_b2_g1 | politifact_266 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/11/jd-vance/fact-checking-jd-vance-tim-ryans-record-fracking/ | “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.” | J.D. Vance | 2022-10-10 | https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/11/ohio-senate-debate-fact-checking-tim-ryan-j-d-vance/69554936007/ | Vance: "He said he supported Ohio’s natural gas industry and he’s always done so, and yet Tim Ryan, when he ran for president, was it two years ago, you supported banning fracking, both on public lands and generally speaking." In a climate forum during his 2020 presidential campaign, Ryan said he would "absolutely" support a fracking ban on federal lands. [...] A Washington Post analysis of the presidential candidates' views on fracking labeled Ryan as someone who supports more regulations as opposed to an all-out ban. Ryan acknowledged the economic benefits of fracking in the newspaper's questionnaire but said the government needs to "ramp up our oversight" to prevent leaks and other problems. | 2022-10-11 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_266_ret_b8_gn | politifact_266 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/11/jd-vance/fact-checking-jd-vance-tim-ryans-record-fracking/ | “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.” | J.D. Vance | 2022-10-10 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ryan_(Ohio_politician) | - ^ "TIM RYAN FOR AMERICA". Retrieved February 11, 2020. [...] - ^ Smith, Allan (October 24, 2019). "Tim Ryan drops out of presidential race". NBC News. Retrieved October 24, 2019. - ^ Merica, Dan (October 24, 2019). "Tim Ryan ends 2020 presidential campaign". CNN. Retrieved October 24, 2019. | 2003-01-03 | Half True | false | false | not_applicable |
politifact_266_ret_bn_g11 | politifact_266 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/11/jd-vance/fact-checking-jd-vance-tim-ryans-record-fracking/ | “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.” | J.D. Vance | 2022-10-10 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bidens-vision-comes-into-view-and-its-much-more-liberal-than-it-was/2020/07/11/f260830a-c2f2-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html | Biden has also walked a fine line on fracking, a process used to produce underground natural gas and oil that environmentalists broadly oppose. Liberal Democrats have pushed for an outright ban on fracking, while centrists have warned of potential job losses in states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania. Biden says he would allow current fracking projects to move forward while banning future permits on federal land, telling WNEP in Scranton, Pa., last week that "fracking is not going to be on the chopping block." "He’s very, very practical. We have billion-dollar fracking plants in western Pa.," said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), one of Biden’s former presidential primary opponents. "He’s not going to step in the middle of that because certain people want a complete ban." | 2020-07-11 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_267 | politifact_267 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/facebook-posts/viral-post-criticizes-sanders-math-health-care-tax/ | “Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.” | Facebook posts | 2020-02-20 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/facebook-posts/viral-post-criticizes-sanders-math-health-care-tax/ | The post claims Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan would place a 52% tax on earnings over $29,000. But he has never suggested that. Sanders has proposed several options to help cover the cost of Medicare for All, including raising taxes to 52% for incomes above $10 million. Another option is a 4% income-based premium paid by households. That would add to Americans’ tax burden, but not as much as the post said. | 2020-02-20 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_267_ret_b14_gn | politifact_267 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/facebook-posts/viral-post-criticizes-sanders-math-health-care-tax/ | “Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.” | Facebook posts | 2020-02-20 | https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/story/6-things-to-know-about-sen-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-proposal/ | Originally introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (S.1129) would provide universal health insurance to U.S. residents and displace almost all private insurers. Benefits under Medicare for All would be very generous. This program would cover a much broader range of services than current Medicare, including dental, vision, hearing, and home and community-based long-term care. And under Medicare for All, participants would have no copayments or premiums. [...] Sanders’ bill, as written, contains no plan to pay for the costs of Medicare for All, and so—following long-standing conventions — we score it as increasing deficits. Despite the potential cost savings described above, we project that Sanders’ bill would increase the federal debt by 92 percent in 2060. This increase swamps the economic boost from a healthier, larger population, and creates a drag on long-run economic growth. [...] Although it’s missing from his bill, Sanders has stated his intention to pay for Medicare for All through higher taxes. Recognizing this, we analyzed two alternative financing options: increasing the payroll tax rate and a new, flat insurance premium on all workers (subsidized for lower-income workers). Under the payroll tax financing option, the economy is 15 percent smaller in 2060. Under the premium financing option, the economy is slightly larger in 2060, by about 0.2 percent. | 2020-01-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_267_ret_b2_gn | politifact_267 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/facebook-posts/viral-post-criticizes-sanders-math-health-care-tax/ | “Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.” | Facebook posts | 2020-02-20 | https://www.truthorfiction.com/does-bernie-sanders-plan-tax-people-making-29000-at-52-percent/ | Sanders never said taxes would go up on people making $29,000 a year, nor did he say people at that rate of pay would be taxed 52 percent on their earnings. Buttigieg didn’t even say Sanders would tax "people making $29,000 a year," he claimed that people making more than that would be taxed more under Sanders’ plan. [...] Emphasis on the final line is ours — according to the actual plan released by Sanders, the 52 percent tax rate was mentioned. However, it was for households with income over $10 million, and not "people making $29,000 a year." [...] Woods’ meme falsely claimed that at the February 19 2020 Democratic debate, Bernie Sanders said he would "raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year." Sanders said no such thing, and the claim bore only passing resemblance to Buttigieg’s quoted remarks above. Sanders’ proposed 52 percent tax was on households making more than $10 million a year, and a four percent tax was proposed for households making more than $29,000 a year. Under that same plan, Sanders estimated the same tax as $844 on a family of four earning $50,000, and the same family would, under that plan, save $4,400 in healthcare expenses to 2020 rates. | 2023-11-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_267_ret_b9_gn | politifact_267 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/facebook-posts/viral-post-criticizes-sanders-math-health-care-tax/ | “Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.” | Facebook posts | 2020-02-20 | https://www.yahoo.com/news/sanders-admits-he-would-raise-taxes-to-pay-for-programs-021852309.html | Sanders admits he would raise taxes on the middle class to pay for programs Sen. Bernie Sanders, challenged at Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate on how he would pay for universal health care and his other proposed programs, admitted income taxes on the middle class would have to go up — but maintained that the savings in medical expenses would more than offset the tax hike. Sanders, who took the first question from NBC correspondent Savannah Guthrie, talked about his Medicare for All proposal for his allotted minute. But when Guthrie followed up and pressed him about taxes on the middle class, he conceded, "Yes, they will pay more in taxes." | 2019-06-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_267_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_267 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/facebook-posts/viral-post-criticizes-sanders-math-health-care-tax/ | “Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.” | Facebook posts | 2020-02-20 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-tax-plan-52-percent/ | But there's no need to check the arithmetic in this meme. The general claim here — that Sanders' health care plan would raise the tax rate to 52% on everyone making over $29,000 per year — is egregiously false. [...] We were unable to find any instance of Sanders' proposing a 52% tax rate on "anybody making over $29,000" per year, something that appears to be an erroneous conflation of Sanders' proposing a 4% tax rate on earnings over $29,000 and a 52% tax rate on earnings over $10 million. A counter-meme offered a more accurate (although still not entirely accurate) look at Sanders' actual expressed plans: [...] We reached out to Sanders' campaign for comment on the claim that the candidate was planning to raise the tax rate to 52% on everyone making over $29,000 per year. A spokesperson told us "the meme is false." | 2020-02-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_27 | politifact_27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/08/ron-desantis/more-minnesotans-move-to-florida-than-vice-versa-b/ | “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz." | Ron DeSantis | 2024-08-06 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/08/ron-desantis/more-minnesotans-move-to-florida-than-vice-versa-b/ | In 2021, almost four times as many Minnesotans moved to Florida than Floridians moved to Minnesota. This is part of a long-standing migration pattern that isn’t limited to Minnesota or Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s tenure. For years, more people move from upper Midwestern states to Florida than the inverse. Other states, some Republican-led, had similar if not higher out-migration numbers to Florida. People’s motivations for moving out of state vary, and it’s possible some may have moved because they liked Florida’s policies over Minnesota’s. Some reasons for migrating from upper Midwestern states to Florida typically include retirement, lower taxes and warmer climate, migration experts said. | 2024-08-06 | Half True | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_27_ret_b12_gn | politifact_27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/08/ron-desantis/more-minnesotans-move-to-florida-than-vice-versa-b/ | “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz." | Ron DeSantis | 2024-08-06 | https://api.politifact.com/states/ | Robert Cowles stated on July 12, 2024 in Radio address "The most recent State Budget increased funding for the Department of Tourism by 98 percent." Jesse Watters stated on August 6, 2024 in a segment on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms." Ron DeSantis stated on August 6, 2024 in an X post "In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa" because they were "fleeing" the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Tony Evers stated on June 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter Wisconsin had a "record-breaking year" for tourism in 2023. Van Wanggaard stated on April 15, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter Says Gov. Tony Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money." Tom Tiffany stated on April 30, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter "The science is clear — the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals." Tyler August stated on May 3, 2024 in Newsletter "Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate." [...] Ron DeSantis stated on August 6, 2024 in an X post "In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa" because they were "fleeing" the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. | 2024-07-12 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_27_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/08/ron-desantis/more-minnesotans-move-to-florida-than-vice-versa-b/ | “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz." | Ron DeSantis | 2024-08-06 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/08/ron-desantis/more-minnesotans-move-to-florida-than-vice-versa-b/ | Yes, more Minnesotans move to Florida than the reverse. The trend predates Tim Walz’s governorship. [...] "In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa," Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, posted Aug. 6 on X. "They were fleeing a state that, under Gov. Tim Walz, turned its back on law and order, increased taxes, and imposed unscientific coronavirus restrictions, harming children and destroying businesses." [...] DeSantis said Minnesotans were "five times more likely" to move to Florida than vice versa in 2021, and blamed Walz’s policies. | 2024-08-06 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_27_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/08/ron-desantis/more-minnesotans-move-to-florida-than-vice-versa-b/ | “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz." | Ron DeSantis | 2024-08-06 | https://www.thegeorgiavirtue.com/national-politics/harris-new-vp-face-criticism-for-handling-of-crime/ | "The American people do not want what Tim Walz allowed to happen in Minneapolis coming to their communities," he added [...] Walz has also taken fire for Minnesota’s role as a sanctuary state amid an illegal immigration crisis and his stance on transgender surgeries for youth, which is further left than most of the nation. "In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "They were fleeing a state that, under Gov. Tim Walz, turned its back on law and order, increased taxes, and imposed unscientific coronavirus restrictions, harming children and destroying businesses. Walz is an unbridled leftist, an Ilhan Omar-style Democrat that puts ideology above all else." | 2024-08-09 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_27_ret_bn_g9 | politifact_27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/08/ron-desantis/more-minnesotans-move-to-florida-than-vice-versa-b/ | “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz." | Ron DeSantis | 2024-08-06 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-116hhrg35066/html/CHRG-116hhrg35066.htm | Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz. [...] TESTIMONY OF HON. TIM WALZ, GOVERNOR, STATE OF MINNESOTA, ON [...] Minnesota with Governor Walz, back to Minnesota here for just a moment. | 2019-02-06 | Half True | false | false | not_applicable |
politifact_270 | politifact_270 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/ | Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.” | Facebook posts | 2020-08-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/ | This is false. At least two former first ladies — Michelle Obama and Laura Bush — have visited U.S. troops in designated combat zones since first lady Pat Nixon went to South Vietnam in 1969. Michelle Obama visited troops in 2015 in Qatar, and Laura Bush made trips to Afghanistan in 2005 and 2008. | 2020-08-27 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_270_ret_b0_g0 | politifact_270 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/ | Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.” | Facebook posts | 2020-08-27 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/30/fact-check-melania-trump-michelle-obama-lauara-bush-visited-combat-zones/5658766002/ | "Melania Trump is the 1st FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969," a viral post reads. It has more than 1,600 shares. President Trump Fans — the page behind the post — did not respond to request for comment from USA TODAY. Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, and Laura Bush all visited troops in combat zones [...] Based on our research, the claim that Melania Trump was the first first lady to visit troops in a combat zone since since 1969 is FALSE. Both Michelle Obama and Laura Bush visited troops in combat zones, too. | 2020-08-30 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_270_ret_b1_gn | politifact_270 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/ | Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.” | Facebook posts | 2020-08-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/ | This is false. At least two former first ladies — Michelle Obama and Laura Bush — have visited U.S. troops in designated combat zones since first lady Pat Nixon went to South Vietnam in 1969. [...] A Facebook post claims that Melania Trump is the first president’s wife to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969. [...] Associated Press, Melania Trump not first FLOTUS to visit combat zone since 1969, May 30, 2019 | 2020-08-27 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_270_ret_bn_g14 | politifact_270 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/ | Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.” | Facebook posts | 2020-08-27 | https://theweek.com/92826/first-ladies-of-the-last-50-years-from-lady-bird-johnson-to-melania-trump | Claudia Taylor Johnson (1963-1969) [...] Thelma Patricia Ryan Nixon (1969-1974) Thelma Patricia Ryan Nixon, or Pat, dedicated herself to social issues including education and volunteering. She became the first president’s wife to visit a combat zone when she went to South Vietnam in 1969. She also sought to make the White House more accessible, opening up the property for tours and creating brochures in languages other than English. | 2018-04-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_270_ret_bn_g5 | politifact_270 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/melania-trump-not-first-flotus-visit-troops-combat/ | Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.” | Facebook posts | 2020-08-27 | https://www.samoanews.com/associated-press/not-real-news-look-what-didnt-happen-week-30 | CLAIM: "Melania is first FLOTUS to visit a combat zone since 1969" - statement circulating on social media with photo of President Donald Trump and Melania visiting troops in Iraq on Dec. 26. THE FACTS: At least three first ladies have visited combat zones, as defined by federal regulations, since 1969. According to reporting by The Associated Press, Michelle Obama visited troops at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, in 2015, while first lady. The Arabian Peninsula, including Qatar, was designated as a combat zone in January 1991. Laura Bush visited Afghanistan, which was designated a combat zone in 2001, twice as first lady in 2005 and 2008. Michelle Gullion, archives director and curator for the National First Ladies’ Library, told the AP that former first lady Pat Nixon went to a combat zone in 1969. She accompanied then-President Richard Nixon on a visit to South Vietnam. Gullion said the first first lady to visit a combat zone was Eleanor Roosevelt, during World War II. Barbara Bush visited troops in Saudi Arabia in 1990, but the area was not officially designated as a combat zone. Hillary Clinton visited Bosnia in 1996, when it was considered a "hostile area." [...] Find all AP Fact Checks here: https://www.apnews.com/tag/APFactCheck | 2019-01-12 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_271 | politifact_271 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/23/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-campaign-wrong-wisconsin-had-smallest-ma/ | “Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.” | Rebecca Kleefisch | 2022-06-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/23/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-campaign-wrong-wisconsin-had-smallest-ma/ | Two other states – Georgia and Arizona – actually had smaller margins during the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. That is true both by raw numbers and percentages. | 2022-06-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_271_ret_b18_gn | politifact_271 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/23/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-campaign-wrong-wisconsin-had-smallest-ma/ | “Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.” | Rebecca Kleefisch | 2022-06-08 | https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/935730100/how-biden-won-ramping-up-the-base-and-expanding-margins-in-the-suburbs | Wisconsin: Trump won here in 2016 by fewer than 23,000 votes. Biden, though, won it by 20,500 votes (pending a recount). So every vote counted. Biden turned out more Milwaukee County voters and won by a 20,000 more votes than Clinton did in 2016. But Biden's biggest vote gain came from Dane County, home to Madison and the University of Wisconsin. He won there by 35,000 more votes than Clinton did in 2016. Biden also chipped away in some more rural and suburban areas, even Waukesha, the heavily Republican county. Biden cut into Trump's margin there by 7,500 votes. | 2020-11-18 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_271_ret_b6_gn | politifact_271 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/23/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-campaign-wrong-wisconsin-had-smallest-ma/ | “Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.” | Rebecca Kleefisch | 2022-06-08 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/14/wisconsin-supreme-court-upholds-joe-bidens-win/6529642002/ | Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Biden's win, rejects Trump lawsuit MADISON - The state Supreme Court upheld Democrat Joe Biden's Wisconsin win Monday, handing President Donald Trump a defeat less than an hour before the Electoral College met. [...] Biden edged out Trump in Wisconsin by 21,000 votes, or 0.6%. It was a winning margin of about the size Trump enjoyed four years ago. | 2020-12-14 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_271_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_271 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/23/rebecca-kleefisch/kleefisch-campaign-wrong-wisconsin-had-smallest-ma/ | “Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.” | Rebecca Kleefisch | 2022-06-08 | https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/06/27/fact-check-which-state-had-smallest-margin-between-trump-biden/7724042001/ | Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov Rebecca Kleefisch: "Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020." [...] "Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020," former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch noted in a June 8, 2022 email. "Make no mistake, the Left knows exactly what’s on the line in the Badger State this year." [...] "But in 2020 Wisconsin was not the tightest in terms of either the raw number of votes or percentage of the vote separating the top two presidential candidates," he said in an email. "By both measures Wisconsin was the third most competitive state in 2020. The margins between Biden and Trump – in terms of both raw votes and the percentage difference between them – were actually tighter in Arizona and Georgia than in Wisconsin." | 2022-06-27 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_272 | politifact_272 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/21/facebook-posts/no-viral-photo-doesnt-show-chief-justice-john-robe/ | Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island. | Facebook posts | 2020-12-17 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/21/facebook-posts/no-viral-photo-doesnt-show-chief-justice-john-robe/ | There’s no evidence Chief Justice John Roberts is in the viral picture. The photo was taken in the Dominican Republic, not on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island. There’s no credible evidence that a "John Roberts" listed in Epstein’s flight logs is the chief justice, or that the chief justice had a personal relationship with Epstein. | 2020-12-17 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_272_ret_b6_gn | politifact_272 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/21/facebook-posts/no-viral-photo-doesnt-show-chief-justice-john-robe/ | Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island. | Facebook posts | 2020-12-17 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/12/fact-check-photo-does-not-show-john-roberts-on-epsteins-island.html | Does a photo show Chief Justice John Roberts swimming with Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein's private island? No, that's not true: The image used to support the claim that Roberts visited Epstein's private island was taken at a resort in the Dominican Republic in 2017. The men seen socializing with former President Bill Clinton do not include Roberts. The claim appeared in an article published by genzconservative.com on December 11, 2020 titled "Is It True that Chief Justice John Roberts Visited Epstein's Island?" (archived here) which opened: [...] Now, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. Yes, I'm concerned about the brazen voter fraud in the election, especially the votes Biden received from non-citizens. Yes, I think the Hunter Biden emails are real and I think Biden might have worn a wire during the first debate. And no, I don't think Epstein killed himself. But, other than the wire, those aren't really conspiracy theories. They are things that happened. I think the same is true of me saying that John Roberts visited Epstein's island. I might be wrong, but the evidence is damning. | 2021-04-14 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_272_ret_bn_g5 | politifact_272 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/21/facebook-posts/no-viral-photo-doesnt-show-chief-justice-john-robe/ | Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island. | Facebook posts | 2020-12-17 | https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jeffrey-epstein-high-society-contacts.html | (Dershowitz says he and the prince ended up not getting along because they disagreed about Israel.) Dershowitz visited Epstein’s mansions in New York and Palm Beach and occasionally accompanied him on his private plane. He says these trips were family oriented. Once, Epstein lent him the Palm Beach home so he could attend a granddaughter’s soccer tournament. Another time, he and his nephew flew down to watch a space launch with another Epstein connection, a top NASA official. He and his wife, Carolyn Cohen, once stayed with Epstein on his island in the Caribbean, where they were joined by another Harvard professor and his family. [...] In 2006, the world’s most famous brain visited Little St. James, Epstein’s private island, which came to be known as "Pedophile Island." Hawking, who was in the Caribbean for a conference, was photographed at a barbecue on the island and aboard a submarine for a tour. According to the Telegraph, "Epstein is said to have paid for the submarine to be modified for Professor Hawking, who had never been underwater before." Read More: Everything We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Private ‘Pedophile Island’ | 2019-07-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_273 | politifact_273 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/mike-gallagher/congresss-task-simply-count-electoral-votes/ | “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” | Mike Gallagher | 2021-01-03 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/mike-gallagher/congresss-task-simply-count-electoral-votes/ | The Twelfth Amendment details how Congress is to oversee the counting of electoral votes. But the power to appoint electors is given to the states. Congress or the vice president don’t have the power to substitute their preference or judgment. | 2021-01-03 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_273_ret_b0_gn | politifact_273 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/mike-gallagher/congresss-task-simply-count-electoral-votes/ | “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” | Mike Gallagher | 2021-01-03 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/mike-gallagher/congresss-task-simply-count-electoral-votes/ | Congress’s task is simply to count electoral votes Jan. 6 [...] "Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state, as designated by those authorized to do so under state law," U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, said in a Jan. 3, 2020, statement signed by several other members of the House. "To take action otherwise — that is, to unconstitutionally insert Congress into the center of the presidential election process — would amount to stealing power from the people and the states." [...] "There is no authority for Congress to make value judgments in the abstract regarding any state’s election laws or the manner in which they have been implemented," the statement from Gallagher and the others said. "The text of the Constitution is clear. States select electors. Congress does not. Accordingly, our path forward is also clear. We must respect the states’ authority here. Though doing so may frustrate our immediate political objectives, we have sworn an oath to promote the Constitution above our policy goals. We must count the electoral votes submitted by the states." | 2021-01-03 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_273_ret_b1_gn | politifact_273 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/mike-gallagher/congresss-task-simply-count-electoral-votes/ | “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” | Mike Gallagher | 2021-01-03 | https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-republican-right-about-role-of-congress-in-electoral-college-count/19458459/ | "Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state, as designated by those authorized to do so under state law," U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, said in a Jan. 3, 2020, statement signed by several other members of the House. "To take action otherwise — that is, to unconstitutionally insert Congress into the center of the presidential election process — would amount to stealing power from the people and the states." [...] "There is no authority for Congress to make value judgments in the abstract regarding any state’s election laws or the manner in which they have been implemented," the statement from Gallagher and the others said. "The text of the Constitution is clear. States select electors. Congress does not. Accordingly, our path forward is also clear. We must respect the states’ authority here. Though doing so may frustrate our immediate political objectives, we have sworn an oath to promote the Constitution above our policy goals. We must count the electoral votes submitted by the states." [...] He said this in making the broader point that Congress is not tasked in this case with making "value judgements" about the legitimacy of those votes. That is a power left to the states. The role of Congress, as laid out in the Constitution and federal law, is effectively to observe the electors sent in by the states. | 2021-01-05 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_273_ret_bn_g13 | politifact_273 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/mike-gallagher/congresss-task-simply-count-electoral-votes/ | “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” | Mike Gallagher | 2021-01-03 | https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/10/22/election-night-marks-the-end-of-one-phase-of-campaign-2020-and-the-start-of-another/ | Each state has as many electoral votes as it has senators and representatives combined (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, as many as it would have if it were a state). There are 538 in total, with 270 votes needed to win. As the Congressional Research Service puts it, the electors "tend to be a mixture of state and local elected officials, party activists, local and state celebrities, and ordinary citizens." [...] Each state is supposed to submit one set of electoral votes to Congress, and that’s what usually happens. Following the disputed Hayes-Tilden election of 1876, in which three states submitted two conflicting sets of returns, Congress passed the Electoral Count Act to try to set rules in case such a thing ever happened again. Under that law, if two conflicting sets are submitted – say, one by a Republican-run legislature and one by a Democratic governor – and the House and Senate cannot agree on which set is the legitimate one, then the electoral votes certified by the state’s governor are supposed to prevail. (Even stranger things are possible: In 1960, Hawaii’s governor first certified Vice President Richard Nixon’s electors, but after a recount certified Sen. John F. Kennedy’s electors. Both slates of electors met and voted for their pledged candidate; when the time came for Congress to decide which slate was the legitimate one, Nixon voluntarily deferred to Kennedy.) | 2020-10-22 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_273_ret_bn_g18 | politifact_273 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/mike-gallagher/congresss-task-simply-count-electoral-votes/ | “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” | Mike Gallagher | 2021-01-03 | https://www.npr.org/2020/12/22/949134479/congress-role-in-election-results-heres-what-happens-jan-6 | As President Trump continues to claim falsely that he, and not Joe Biden, won the Nov. 3 presidential election, Congress will meet in a joint session Wednesday to formally count the votes of the Electoral College. The states have already counted their own electors, and Biden won with 306 to 232 for Trump. Now it's up to Congress to tally the votes as submitted by the states. [...] As recently as 2005, two Democrats — Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Sen. Barbara Boxer — objected to Ohio's electors, believing there were irregularities in that state's presidential election. The House and Senate each rejected the objection, and the joint session resumed, counting Ohio's electors. | 2020-12-22 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_274 | politifact_274 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/09/team-pac/race-open-us-senate-seat-missouri-fact-checking-pa/ | 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." | Team PAC | 2022-02-07 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/09/team-pac/race-open-us-senate-seat-missouri-fact-checking-pa/ | A bill Schmitt sponsored originally called for $480 million in tax credits, not state expenditures, for the Missouri hub. A law Schmitt voted for allows for limited ownership of Missouri agricultural land by foreign businesses. | 2022-02-07 | Half True | true | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_274_ret_b7_gn | politifact_274 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/09/team-pac/race-open-us-senate-seat-missouri-fact-checking-pa/ | 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." | Team PAC | 2022-02-07 | https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/04/u-s-senate-candidate-missouri-attorney-general-eric-schmitt-has-a-history-of-helping-communist-china/ | In 2011, Schmitt was one of the main proponents of Aerotropolis, more colloquially known as "China Hub," a global cargo hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport which he believed would increase exports and foreign trade. [...] Unlike "China Hub" another bill garnering Schmitt’s support in 2013 did pass and effects Missouri to the present day. [...] Whether, or to what degree, Missouri agricultural land should be foreign owned is an important policy choice for the people of Missouri, a decision that should be made through their elected representatives and only after the specific proposal has been sufficiently vetted and openly considered. | 2021-09-04 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_274_ret_b8_gn | politifact_274 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/09/team-pac/race-open-us-senate-seat-missouri-fact-checking-pa/ | 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." | Team PAC | 2022-02-07 | https://www.schmittforsenate.com/about/ | Senator Eric Schmitt has deep family roots in Missouri, stemming from six generations of farmers, teachers, and small business owners in cities like Tipton, Pilot Grove, Louisiana, and St. Louis. During World War II, his grandfather served in the 7th Army and later opened a small butcher shop, where Eric’s father worked while earning a diploma through night school. Their experiences instilled in Eric the importance of hard work and resilience. [...] In November 2022, Eric Schmitt was elected as Missouri’s United States Senator and he has the privilege today of serving on the Armed Services, Commerce, and Joint Economic Committees. As a member of these committees, he is focused on dismantling the alliance between the federal government and big tech, halting China’s bid for global dominance, fighting to ease the economic burden and pain inflicted on Missourians and Americans by the Biden Administration’s reckless spending, and ensuring our military is the most revered fighting force in the world. [...] Eric also served as the 46th State Treasurer of Missouri. He fought to safeguard taxpayer funds and created a statewide tool to allow citizens to track government spending easily. Previously, he served as a Missouri state senator, where he authored tax cuts, advocated for those with special needs, and fought to end taxation by citation. | 2021-03-01 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_276 | politifact_276 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/facebook-posts/no-nbc-news-debate-moderator-isnt-democratic-mega-/ | Says NBC News’ Kristen Welker “gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House.” | Facebook posts | 2020-10-17 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/facebook-posts/no-nbc-news-debate-moderator-isnt-democratic-mega-/ | NBC News correspondent Kristen Welker, the moderator for the third presidential debate, has not donated money to Democrats, according to contribution data. Welker is currently registered to vote in Washington, D.C., with no party affiliation, according to the District of Columbia Board of Elections. A photo of Welker with Barack and Michelle Obama is from a 2012 White House reception for the press. | 2020-10-17 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_276_ret_b3_gn | politifact_276 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/facebook-posts/no-nbc-news-debate-moderator-isnt-democratic-mega-/ | Says NBC News’ Kristen Welker “gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House.” | Facebook posts | 2020-10-17 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/26/fact-check-kristen-welker-donations-christmas-democrat/ | There is no evidence Welker has donated to Democrats or spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House. While she previously registered as a Democrat, Welker has registered with no party affiliation since 2016, according to the District of Columbia Board of Elections. [...] "Kristen Welker, of NBC, the next debate moderator chosen by the ‘unbiased’ Presidential commission, gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House," reads the post. It also features an image of Welker in the White House press briefing room with a fabricated news chyron that reads, "Kristen Walker is not a journalist she’s part of the anti-Trump resistance." [...] The claim that Welker and her family "spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House" appears to stem from a picture Welker shared on Facebook in 2012 that shows her posing with Barack and Michelle Obama in a room with holiday decorations. The photo was taken during a White House holiday press party, an NBC spokesperson told the DCNF in an email. | 2020-10-26 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_276_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_276 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/facebook-posts/no-nbc-news-debate-moderator-isnt-democratic-mega-/ | Says NBC News’ Kristen Welker “gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House.” | Facebook posts | 2020-10-17 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/facebook-posts/no-nbc-news-debate-moderator-isnt-democratic-mega-/ | Welker has not donated thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates, registered as a Democrat or "spent Christmas" at the White House with President Barack Obama, despite what an Oct. 17 Facebook post claims. "Kristen Welker, of NBC, the next debate moderator chosen by the ‘unbiased’ presidential commission, gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat (and) her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House," the post, featuring photos of Welker and her family, says. "Her mother is an activist for Biden!" [...] The Facebook post’s claim that Welker and her family "spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House" is also inaccurate, as scores of journalists and pundits pointed out on Twitter. | 2020-10-17 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_276_ret_bn_g12 | politifact_276 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/facebook-posts/no-nbc-news-debate-moderator-isnt-democratic-mega-/ | Says NBC News’ Kristen Welker “gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House.” | Facebook posts | 2020-10-17 | https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2015/07/hillary-email-advice-to-john-podesta-please-wear-socks-to-bed-to-keep-your-feet-warm-playbook-breakfast-at-8-obamas-huge-week-christie-roars-in-jeb-sleight-of-hand-a-new-racing-presi-212543 | By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email protected]), and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email protected]) [...] BIRTHDAYS: Guy Cecil … NBC’s Kristen Welker (hat tip: Peter Alexander) … Kate Wilson, director of operations for Analytics Media Group (h/ts Chris and Chauncey) ... AP’s Brett Zongker … Keith Macleod ... CRAFT’s Travis Holler ... Mike Czin, comms. director for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and alum of DNC, OFA and Hillary … Erika Bolstad … Mara Lee Durrell … Liz Elkiss, V.P. of legal and external affairs at ed-tech startup General Assembly and Obama admin. and ’08 alum ... Kevin Franck, Massachusetts Democratic politico ... Jonathan Capehart! ... Lida Masoudpour … Julie Gibson … John Giesser … Pat McQuillan ... [...] Learn more: http://bit.ly/1Gxh0QY ** | 2015-01-07 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_276_ret_bn_g8 | politifact_276 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/facebook-posts/no-nbc-news-debate-moderator-isnt-democratic-mega-/ | Says NBC News’ Kristen Welker “gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House.” | Facebook posts | 2020-10-17 | https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/09/25/discuss-political-madness-all-the-time-16/ | On Saturday, [Trump] ripped Welker while quote-tweeting his son, Donald Trump Jr., who linked to a New York Post article claiming that the White House correspondent has "deep Democratic ties." The Post reported that Welker’s parents have donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and close to $20,000 to former President Barack Obama alone. Although Welker’s party registration is not currently listed, the Post reported that she was a registered Democrat in Washington, D.C., in 2012 and in Rhode Island in 2004. The Post also pointed to Welker and her parents celebrating Christmas at the White House with the Obamas in 2012. [...] A spokesperson for Welker told TPM on Monday that Welker is not a registered Democrat and has been a "registered independent in D.C. since 2012, almost a decade." | 2020-09-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_28 | politifact_28 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/donald-trump/trumps-false-mlk-speech-jan-6-crowd-size/ | Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. | Donald Trump | 2024-08-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/donald-trump/trumps-false-mlk-speech-jan-6-crowd-size/ | The House select committee that investigated the events of Jan. 6, 2021, estimated 53,000 people attended President Donald Trump’s speech at the White House Ellipse. The National Archives says 250,000 people attended Martin Luther King's Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech on Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington. | 2024-08-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_28_ret_b12_gn | politifact_28 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/donald-trump/trumps-false-mlk-speech-jan-6-crowd-size/ | Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. | Donald Trump | 2024-08-08 | https://www.justsecurity.org/91904/dissecting-trumps-peacefully-and-patriotically-defense-of-the-january-6th-attack/ | Earlier today, former President Donald Trump once again claimed he bore no responsibility for the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "I said peacefully and patriotically," Trump told reporters. That has been a persistent theme of his for years. The former president was repeating part of a short sentence culled from his lengthy speech at the White House Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021. By focusing on that brief phrase, Trump is trying to deceive both the courts and the public. He wants people to focus on a short passage in which he told his supporters to march "peacefully and patriotically" to the Capitol, while ignoring all the inflammatory rhetoric he employed during the same speech. [...] As we explain in detail below, Trump’s defense should fail in both those tribunals. We expect prosecutors will explain to the jurors why the sentence in the Ellipse speech is, in actuality, more incriminating than exculpatory when understood in context. Indeed, evidence uncovered by the January 6th Select Committee shows that Trump deliberately and repeatedly implored his followers to "fight" – and was reticent to use the word "peaceful" at all. Recent revelations of evidence gathered by Special Counsel Jack Smith will also help prove the case. [...] The key sentence in the Jan. 6 Ellipse speech, according to Trump and his attorneys, is this one: | 2024-05-14 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_28_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_28 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/donald-trump/trumps-false-mlk-speech-jan-6-crowd-size/ | Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. | Donald Trump | 2024-08-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/donald-trump/trumps-false-mlk-speech-jan-6-crowd-size/ | The House select committee that investigated the events of Jan. 6, 2021, estimated 53,000 people attended President Donald Trump’s speech at the White House Ellipse. [...] Describing his speech to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump said he spoke to the "same number of people, if not, we had more" than King’s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. The crowd-size comparison is wrong. Credible estimates say many more people attended the 1963 March on Washington during King’s speech than attended Trump’s Ellipse speech. | 2024-08-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_28_ret_bn_g15 | politifact_28 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/donald-trump/trumps-false-mlk-speech-jan-6-crowd-size/ | Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. | Donald Trump | 2024-08-08 | https://www.thewellnews.com/2024-elections/trump-harris-debate-set-for-abc-sept-10/ | Later Trump would claim that the crowd he drew to the ellipse outside the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, was the largest crowd that ever assembled on the National Mall, including the crowd that attended the March on Washington and heard the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous "I Have A Dream" speech in 1963. [...] "If you look at Martin Luther King, when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours – same real estate, same everything … if you look at the picture of his crowd and my crowd, we actually had more. They said I had 25,000 people and he had a million people. I’m okay with it, because I liked Dr. Martin Luther King." [...] "If you look at Jan. 6, which a lot of people are not talking about very much, I think those people were treated harshly when you compare them to other things that took place in this country where a lot of people were killed," he said. "Nobody was killed on Jan. 6. I think the people of Jan. 6 were treated very unfairly. They were there to complain about an election." | 2024-08-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_28_ret_bn_g3 | politifact_28 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/09/donald-trump/trumps-false-mlk-speech-jan-6-crowd-size/ | Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. | Donald Trump | 2024-08-08 | https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/1963-march-washington | More than 3,000 members of the press covered this historic march, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the exalted "I Have a Dream" speech. [...] – I Have a Dream, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [...] Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered this iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. See entire text of King's speech below. | 2022-02-11 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_286 | politifact_286 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ | "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." | Facebook posts | 2022-07-15 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ | The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was not a "setup" by antifa activists who were "already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters." The viral Facebook post making that claim revived a debunked conspiracy theory. A University of Chicago research group that has examined 900 people charged to date has found no evidence of antifa involvement in the day's events. A video captured amid the attack does not show antifa; it shows a group of pro-Trump rioters, including some whose support for former President Donald Trump has been documented in charging documents, discussing the Capitol’s layout after breaching it. | 2022-07-15 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_286_ret_b0_g1 | politifact_286 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ | "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." | Facebook posts | 2022-07-15 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/08/09/fact-check-video-shows-pro-trump-mob-not-antifa-inside-capitol/10176447002/ | The claim: A video shows antifa inside the Capitol building with floor plans and dressed as Trump supporters on Jan. 6, proving the attack was a setup [...] Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that a video shows antifa inside the Capitol building with floor plans and dressed as Trump supporters on Jan. 6, proving the attack was a setup. Experts said antifa was not involved in the Jan. 6 attack, and all evidence indicates that a pro-Trump mob was responsible for breaking into the Capitol building. Some of the rioters in the video are well-known Trump supporters. In addition, the footage does not prove that the attack was a setup. It shows events that occurred when the attack was underway. | 2022-08-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_286_ret_b2_gn | politifact_286 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ | "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." | Facebook posts | 2022-07-15 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/21/youtube-videos/ashli-babbitt-vs-antifa-video-falsely-claims-babbi/ | There is no evidence to support the conspiracy theory that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was a false flag by antifa. [...] Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP) [...] PolitiFact, "There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway," Jan. 7, 2021 | 2022-01-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_286_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_286 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ | "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." | Facebook posts | 2022-07-15 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ | No, video of rioters discussing Capitol ‘floor plan’ doesn’t prove Jan. 6 was antifa setup [...] The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was not a "setup" by antifa activists who were "already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters." The viral Facebook post making that claim revived a debunked conspiracy theory. [...] More than a year and a half later, those claims continue to spread online — despite having been thoroughly debunked. "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters," said the text over a viral Facebook post shared July 15. "This was 100% a setup." | 2022-07-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_286_ret_bn_g4 | politifact_286 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ | "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." | Facebook posts | 2022-07-15 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/01/04/fact-check-roundup-many-false-narratives-jan-6-insurrection/9052900002/ | The claim: A video shows antifa inside the Capitol building with floor plans and dressed as Trump supporters on Jan. 6, proving the attack was a setup Security experts told USA TODAY antifa was not involved in the Jan. 6 attack. The footage provides no evidence to support the claim. It shows pro-Trump rioters as the attack was underway; some of the rioters identified in the video are well-known Trump supporters. Read more. The claim: No one was arrested inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021 | 2022-01-04 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_287 | politifact_287 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/29/facebook-posts/no-marjorie-taylor-greene-didnt-say-about-bible/ | Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” | Facebook posts | 2021-07-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/29/facebook-posts/no-marjorie-taylor-greene-didnt-say-about-bible/ | A version of this quote has been misattributed to more than one female elected official. | 2021-07-27 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_287_ret_b0_g1 | politifact_287 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/29/facebook-posts/no-marjorie-taylor-greene-didnt-say-about-bible/ | Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” | Facebook posts | 2021-07-27 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/29/fact-check-quote-bible-misattributed-marjorie-taylor-greene/5401947001/ | "'Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.' – Marjorie Taylor Greene," reads a July 26 Facebook post that has been shared almost 400 times. [...] USA TODAY found no evidence that Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." [...] We rate FALSE the claim that Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that's why the Bible is written in English." There's no evidence Greene made that statement, which dates back as a spoof quote more than a decade. The congresswoman's communications director says the claim is not true. | 2021-07-29 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_287_ret_b2_gn | politifact_287 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/29/facebook-posts/no-marjorie-taylor-greene-didnt-say-about-bible/ | Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” | Facebook posts | 2021-07-27 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-greene-jesus-english/ | In February 2021, as the news cycle focused on genuine comments made by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene about school shootings being hoaxes, some social media users encountered a quote ostensibly uttered by Greene about Jesus and the English language. This meme reads: "'If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for us,' stated Marjorie Taylor Greene, explaining why Spanish shouldn't be spoken in a Christian Nation like America. Wow! Chew on that for a moment." [...] While it's certainly possible that someone, somewhere, at sometime uttered the phrase "If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for us" in earnest, this quote is most often used to paint politicians for being, perhaps, more ignorant of history and religion than they actually are. | 2021-02-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_287_ret_b5_gn | politifact_287 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/29/facebook-posts/no-marjorie-taylor-greene-didnt-say-about-bible/ | Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” | Facebook posts | 2021-07-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?target=marjorie-taylor-greene | Viral image stated on June 19, 2022 in an Instagram post: A photo shows Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a Soviet shirt and giving a Nazi salute. Viral image stated on February 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching TV by candlelight." Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." [...] Viral image stated on February 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching TV by candlelight." Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." [...] Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." | 2024-09-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_29 | politifact_29 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/donald-trump/trump-said-that-gov-tim-walz-didnt-call-in-the-nat/ | During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/donald-trump/trump-said-that-gov-tim-walz-didnt-call-in-the-nat/ | Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28, 2020, calling up the Minnesota National Guard to respond to riots. Shortly after the order, the National Guard said that it was assigning and preparing units to respond. President Donald Trump spoke to Walz hours after Walz’s order. Trump offered assistance. | 2024-07-27 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_29_ret_b10_gn | politifact_29 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/donald-trump/trump-said-that-gov-tim-walz-didnt-call-in-the-nat/ | During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-27 | https://www.cbsnews.com/video/when-did-tim-walz-call-national-guard-during-george-floyd-unrest/ | Investigating timeline of when Tim Walz called in National Guard amid George Floyd unrest Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has faced criticism for his response to the public unrest in his state after George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis in 2020. CBS News Confirmed mapped out how long it took Walz to bring in the National Guard during the outrage. CBS News Minnesota reporter Jennifer Mayerle explains the findings. | 2024-10-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_29_ret_b6_gn | politifact_29 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/donald-trump/trump-said-that-gov-tim-walz-didnt-call-in-the-nat/ | During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-27 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_George_Floyd_protests_in_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul | Local events are sometimes referred to as the "Minneapolis riots"[20][21] or the "Minneapolis uprising".[22][23][24] Protests that first emerged in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, were initially peaceful.[19][25] A several-day period of civil unrest, particularly three nights of heavy rioting from May 27, 2020, to the overnight hours of May 29, 2020, however, resulted in an estimated $500 million of damages to 1,500 property locations,[4][26] 604 arrests,[3] 164 instances of arson,[6] and 2 riot-related deaths.[27] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz deployed the state's National Guard to quell civil disorder and protests over Floyd's murder returned to being mostly peaceful events after May 30, 2020.[28][29] The state government's command that responded to the initial unrest after Floyd's murder demobilized on June 7, 2020, as protests and intermittent civil disorder over racial injustice persisted throughout 2020 and 2021.[11][30][31] [...] - ^ "Gov. Tim Walz Activates National Guard In Response To George Floyd Protests". WCCO. May 28, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2021. [...] - ^ Phillips, Tom Vanden Brook and Kristine. "Minnesota National Guard plans to deploy as many as 10,000 soldiers to Minneapolis protests over George Floyd". USA Today. Retrieved November 28, 2020. | 2024-09-25 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_29_ret_bn_g15 | politifact_29 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/donald-trump/trump-said-that-gov-tim-walz-didnt-call-in-the-nat/ | During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-27 | https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/reality-check-was-it-president-trump-or-gov-walz-who-called-in-the-national-guard-to-minneapolis/ | Reality Check: Was It President Trump Or Gov. Walz Who Called In The National Guard To Minneapolis? [...] He claims he sent National Guard troops to Minneapolis to restore order after the death of George Floyd -- but that never happened. [...] That's not true. President Trump did not "send in" Minnesota's National Guard. Presidents don't have that power -- only governors do. And Gov. Tim Walz did call in the guard. | 2020-06-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_29_ret_bn_g6 | politifact_29 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/donald-trump/trump-said-that-gov-tim-walz-didnt-call-in-the-nat/ | During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-27 | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-live-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-holds-presser-amid-protests-over-george-floyd-death | By — Tim Sullivan, Associated Press Tim Sullivan, Associated Press By — Amy Forliti, Associated Press Amy Forliti, Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-live-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-holds-presser-amid-protests-over-george-floyd-death Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acknowledges ‘abject failure’ in protest response Nation May 29, 2020 10:05 AM EDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With smoke drifting over Minneapolis, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday acknowledged the "abject failure" of the response to this week’s violent protests and called for swift justice for police involved in the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white officer knelt on his neck. Watch the press conference in the video player above Walz said the state would take over the response and that it’s time to show respect and dignity to those who are suffering. "Minneapolis and St. Paul are on fire. The fire is still smoldering in our streets. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, of anguish unheard," Walz said, adding. "Now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world — and the world is watching." | 2020-05-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_290 | politifact_290 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/george-borrello/fact-checking-coronavirus-infection-rates-western-/ | “Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.” | George Borrello | 2020-05-11 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/george-borrello/fact-checking-coronavirus-infection-rates-western-/ | A look at the data from the end of March to mid-May confirms that the per capita infection rate in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties was typically in the bottom one-third of counties in the state. By contrast, the other two counties in western New York, Erie and Niagara, were consistently in the top half of counties for infections per capita. | 2020-05-11 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_290_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_290 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/george-borrello/fact-checking-coronavirus-infection-rates-western-/ | “Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.” | George Borrello | 2020-05-11 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/george-borrello/fact-checking-coronavirus-infection-rates-western-/ | If Your Time is short • A look at the data from the end of March to mid-May confirms that the per capita infection rate in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties was typically in the bottom one-third of counties in the state. [...] "While infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state throughout the COVID-19 crisis, our linkage with Erie County and its higher infection rates means that we don’t meet the metrics for reopening, and our hurting, rural economies must remain shut down for at least another two weeks," Borrello said in the statement. [...] We found that, as Borrello had said, Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties ranked low in infection rates consistently over that period, while Erie and Niagara started higher and continued to rise: | 2020-05-11 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_290_ret_bn_g4 | politifact_290 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/george-borrello/fact-checking-coronavirus-infection-rates-western-/ | “Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.” | George Borrello | 2020-05-11 | https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/prevention/injury_prevention/traffic/county_of_residence.htm | - The rate of ED visits due to motor vehicle traffic-related motorcyclist injuries have remained consistent, increasing from 21.8 visits per 100,000 residents in 2005 to 23.0 in 2013. In 2014 the rate decreased to 22.1. [...] - The rate of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic-related pedestrian injuries has remained fairly consistent with a high of 2.0 deaths per 100,000 New Yorkers in 2001 and a low of 1.4 deaths per 100,000 in 2007-2009 and 2014. [...] - The rate of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic-related injuries where role of the injured person is unspecified has remained consistent with a high of 2.6 deaths per 100,000 New Yorkers in 2002, and a low of 1.4 deaths per 100,000 in 2014. | 2014-11-07 | True | false | false | not_applicable |
politifact_3_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_3 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/jd-vance/most-economists-and-analyses-say-jd-vance-is-wrong/ | “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” | J.D. Vance | 2024-08-25 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/jd-vance/most-economists-and-analyses-say-jd-vance-is-wrong/ | If Your Time is short - Surveys have shown that the vast majority of economists believe tariffs’ negative impacts — which include higher costs for consumers — consistently outweigh the benefits. Academic and think tank studies bolster those views. [...] Most economists disagree with this idea. Our previous review of academic studies of real-world tariffs concluded that consumers ultimately shoulder most of the burden in higher prices for goods, and the burden outweighs tariffs’ economic benefits. [...] The majority of economists believe the negative impacts from tariffs, including higher costs, consistently outweigh the benefits for consumers. Academic and think tank studies on tariffs’ effects bolster the economists’ views. | 2024-08-25 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_3_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_3 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/jd-vance/most-economists-and-analyses-say-jd-vance-is-wrong/ | “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” | J.D. Vance | 2024-08-25 | https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-vance-says-consumers-are-better-off-under-tariffs/21606414/ | Fact check: Vance says consumers are 'better off' under tariffs [...] Most economists disagree with this idea. Our previous review of academic studies of real-world tariffs concluded that consumers ultimately shoulder most of the burden in higher prices for goods, and the burden outweighs tariffs’ economic benefits. [...] Are consumers "much better off" after tariffs, as Vance said? | 2024-09-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_3_ret_bn_g6 | politifact_3 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/jd-vance/most-economists-and-analyses-say-jd-vance-is-wrong/ | “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” | J.D. Vance | 2024-08-25 | https://www.wilsoncenter.org/chapter-3-trade-agreements-and-economic-theory | Additionally, under trade diversion, the importing country loses the tariff revenue it had collected on those imports which now come in duty free from its bloc partner. The consumer in the importing partner does gain, because the imported good no longer has to bear the cost of the tariff; however, the consumer’s gain is necessarily less than or equal to the lost customs revenue, so the nation as a whole is less well off . Thus, trade diversion hurts both the importing country and the rest of the world. These loses are greater than the gains to the bloc member that gains exports due to trade diversion. [...] Yi notes that tariff reductions have a far greater impact on these global supply chains than they do on traditional trade. To take the suit example, assume that China, Bangladesh, and the United States each reduces its tariffs by 1 percent and that imported fabric and buttons account for half the cost of the suit made in China; then the cost of producing the suit in China will be reduced by 0.5 percent. Coupled with the 1 percent U.S. tariff reduction, the cost to the U.S. consumer would be reduced by 1.5 percent. If the suit had been wholly produced in China, the cost to the consumer would have been reduced by just the U.S. tariff reduction, or 1 percent. | 2024-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_30 | politifact_30 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/instagram-posts/president-joe-biden-didnt-board-an-empty-plane-aft/ | President Joe Biden walked “onto an empty airplane for no reason.” | Instagram posts | 2024-08-02 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/instagram-posts/president-joe-biden-didnt-board-an-empty-plane-aft/ | President Joe Biden boarded a plane that brought three former American prisoners to Maryland to talk to the flight crew, according to the White House and multiple journalists. Video footage shows the plane wasn’t empty. | 2024-08-02 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_30_ret_b16_gn | politifact_30 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/instagram-posts/president-joe-biden-didnt-board-an-empty-plane-aft/ | President Joe Biden walked “onto an empty airplane for no reason.” | Instagram posts | 2024-08-02 | https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/joe-biden-slowly-boards-air-force-one-as-calls-grow-for-him-to-drop-out-of-the-election/video/69e00a14826992e5ee25c7f67296270a | Joe Biden slowly boards Air Force One as calls grow for him to drop out of the election [...] US President Joe Biden was seen slowly ascending the small stairs of Air Force One after testing positive for covid on Wednesday. | 2024-07-18 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
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