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politifact_140_ret_bn_g0
politifact_140
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/21/facebook-posts/no-dr-sebis-daughter-wasnt-sentenced-to-prison-for/
“Dr. Sebi’s daughter was sentenced to 155 years in prison for revealing top secret health hacks.”
Facebook posts
2024-05-14
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/21/facebook-posts/no-dr-sebis-daughter-wasnt-sentenced-to-prison-for/
No, Dr. Sebi’s daughter wasn’t sentenced to prison for ‘revealing top secret health hacks’ [...] Other Facebook posts now claim that "Dr. Sebi’s daughter was SENTENCED to 155 years in prison for revealing TOP SECRET health hacks." [...] This post and the post about Sebi’s cousin supposedly being "life in prison" for re...
2024-05-13
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_140_ret_bn_g1
politifact_140
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/21/facebook-posts/no-dr-sebis-daughter-wasnt-sentenced-to-prison-for/
“Dr. Sebi’s daughter was sentenced to 155 years in prison for revealing top secret health hacks.”
Facebook posts
2024-05-14
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/03/12/dr-sebi-daughter-not-sentenced-to-prison/72936009007/
The claim: Dr. Sebi’s daughter was sentenced to 155 years in prison for spreading secret health tips [...] "Dr. Sebi’s daughter was SENTENCED to 155 years in prison for revealing TOP SECRET health hacks," reads text on top of the image. [...] There is no credible evidence that the daughter of controversial alternative ...
2024-03-12
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_146_ret_b1_gn
politifact_146
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/17/jared-polis/will-joe-bidens-new-china-tariffs-hit-every-family/
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Jared Polis
2024-05-15
https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-democrat-says-biden-s-tariffs-on-china-will-hit-every-family/21480595/
Fact check: Democrat says Biden's tariffs on China will 'hit every family' [...] "Tariffs are a direct, regressive tax on Americans, and this tax increase will hit every family," Polis wrote as he reshared Biden’s post. Experts say the tariffs could amount to a tax increase on many Americans. But they add that the noti...
2024-06-14
Half True
false
true
supports
politifact_146_ret_bn_g0
politifact_146
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/17/jared-polis/will-joe-bidens-new-china-tariffs-hit-every-family/
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Jared Polis
2024-05-15
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/17/jared-polis/will-joe-bidens-new-china-tariffs-hit-every-family/
"Tariffs are a direct, regressive tax on Americans, and this tax increase will hit every family," Polis wrote as he reshared Biden’s post. Experts say the tariffs could amount to a tax increase on many Americans. But they add that the notion that "every" American family will be hit is likely exaggerated. [...] "The con...
2024-05-15
Half True
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_146_ret_bn_g11
politifact_146
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/17/jared-polis/will-joe-bidens-new-china-tariffs-hit-every-family/
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Jared Polis
2024-05-15
https://www.ft.com/content/3d4608a3-7a5f-42ab-86b3-b4a2adbf0e63
Joe Biden and Donald Trump battle to prove who can be toughest on China was Dkr4188 now Dkr1999 for your first year. Make up your own mind. Build robust opinions with the FT’s trusted journalism. Offer available here until 24th October.
2024-01-01
Half True
false
false
not_applicable
politifact_146_ret_bn_g15
politifact_146
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/17/jared-polis/will-joe-bidens-new-china-tariffs-hit-every-family/
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Jared Polis
2024-05-15
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-will-biden-and-trump-tackle-trade-with-china/
President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will be America’s two presidential candidates in 2024 and their approaches to economic competition with China will prominently feature in the 2024 presidential debate. They each have a body of work over their first term in office to evaluate the results of their policies t...
2024-04-05
Half True
false
true
insufficient-contradictory
politifact_154
politifact_154
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/14/donald-trump/fact-check-rfk-jrs-positions-on-voter-id-the-nra-a/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
Donald Trump
2024-05-02
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/14/donald-trump/fact-check-rfk-jrs-positions-on-voter-id-the-nra-a/
In 2008, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. co-authored a comic book that called voter identification "racially rancid." In a 2008 interview, he said a lot of Americans don’t have a driver’s license, including Black people. But the independent presidential candidate has talked about voter ID differently during his current campaign....
2024-05-02
Half True
true
true
insufficient-contradictory
politifact_154_ret_b19_gn
politifact_154
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/14/donald-trump/fact-check-rfk-jrs-positions-on-voter-id-the-nra-a/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
Donald Trump
2024-05-02
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-railing-against-racially-153910241.html
RFK Jr railing against 'racially rancid' voter ID laws in unearthed writings [...] The material reviewed by Fox News Digital was published throughout 2008 in the run-up to that year's presidential election, and included Kennedy referencing voter ID laws as "racially rancid," and claiming voter fraud was "non-existent."...
2024-04-22
Half True
false
true
supports
politifact_154_ret_bn_g15
politifact_154
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/14/donald-trump/fact-check-rfk-jrs-positions-on-voter-id-the-nra-a/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
Donald Trump
2024-05-02
https://www.law.gwu.edu/turley-jonathan
Opinion, The NRA as a Terrorist Organization? San Francisco Took One Step Too Far, The Hill (Sept. 5, 2019, 12:00 PM), https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/460090-the-nra-as-a-terrorist-organization-san-francisco-took-one-step-too-far. [...] Opinion, Kennedy’s Decisions May Not Last. It Might Be His Own Fault, Wash...
2023-06-20
Half True
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_166
politifact_166
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/02/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-omits-pandemic-in-singling-out-job-lo/
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Nancy Pelosi
2024-04-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/02/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-omits-pandemic-in-singling-out-job-lo/
Donald Trump is the first president in almost a century to see employment decline nationally between his first and last days in office. Experts widely agree that the president during the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, also saw jobs lost on his watch, and earlier presidents who served before standardized employment d...
2024-04-29
Half True
true
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_166_ret_b0_gn
politifact_166
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/02/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-omits-pandemic-in-singling-out-job-lo/
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Nancy Pelosi
2024-04-29
https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-pelosi-says-trump-has-the-worst-record-of-job-loss-of-any-president/21412893/
Fact check: Pelosi says Trump has 'the worst record of job loss of any president' [...] Pelosi said April 29 that Trump "has the worst record of job loss of any president." [...] Pelosi said Trump had the worst jobs record of "any president." Hoover almost certainly fared worse, and we don’t know about earlier presiden...
2024-05-03
Half True
false
true
insufficient-refutes
politifact_166_ret_bn_g0
politifact_166
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/02/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-omits-pandemic-in-singling-out-job-lo/
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Nancy Pelosi
2024-04-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/02/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-omits-pandemic-in-singling-out-job-lo/
Pelosi said April 29 that Trump "has the worst record of job loss of any president." [...] During Trump’s presidency, the U.S. lost a net 2.7 million jobs. [...] Pelosi said Trump had the worst jobs record of "any president." Hoover almost certainly fared worse, and we don’t know about earlier presidents, who served be...
2024-04-29
Half True
false
true
insufficient-refutes
politifact_166_ret_bn_g10
politifact_166
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/02/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-omits-pandemic-in-singling-out-job-lo/
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Nancy Pelosi
2024-04-29
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/06/fact-check-pandemic-unaccounted-presidential-job-growth-chart/6177339002/
A chart posted to the Center for American Progress Action Fund page on Facebook showed negative job growth numbers for Trump compared with 12 of his predecessors. Trump is "the worst jobs president in history" with job losses totaling 4 million, according to the post's caption. [...] Tracking job growth figures from Tr...
2020-11-06
Half True
false
true
supports
politifact_166_ret_bn_g11
politifact_166
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/02/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-omits-pandemic-in-singling-out-job-lo/
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Nancy Pelosi
2024-04-29
https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/president-trump-has-the-worst-economic-record-in-recorded-history/
He is also asking Americans to treat the last six months, the most devastating and sudden recession in recorded history, as an asterisk to his record. But, the current recession is arguably more tied to his direct decisions than any recession in history. At every decision point, President Trump has taken positions that...
2020-08-27
Half True
false
true
supports
politifact_172
politifact_172
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/lincoln-project/mourning-america-ad-critical-trump-misleads-bailou/
"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
Lincoln Project
2020-05-05
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/lincoln-project/mourning-america-ad-critical-trump-misleads-bailou/
It’s wrong to say that coronavirus relief legislation didn’t support ordinary small businesses. The CARES Act included the Paycheck Protection Program, which was designed to support smaller employers. Among the loans made with the first $350 billion of the Paycheck Protection Program, three-quarters of those loans were...
2020-05-05
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_172_ret_bn_g0
politifact_172
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/lincoln-project/mourning-america-ad-critical-trump-misleads-bailou/
"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
Lincoln Project
2020-05-05
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/lincoln-project/mourning-america-ad-critical-trump-misleads-bailou/
At one point, the ad asserts, "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street." [...] The Lincoln Project ad says, "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street." [...] The clearest problem with the claim is the notion in the ad that "Main Street" is not being aided. About three-quarters of the loans in the Pay...
2020-05-05
False
false
true
insufficient-refutes
politifact_172_ret_bn_g19
politifact_172
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/lincoln-project/mourning-america-ad-critical-trump-misleads-bailou/
"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
Lincoln Project
2020-05-05
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/money-power-wall-street/transcript/?
DAVID WESSEL, The Wall Street Journal: Most Americans think, and with good reason, that Wall Street got bailed out and Main Street didn't. We have very high unemployment. We lost 8.5 million jobs in the recession. People's houses aren't worth what they paid for them. A lot of them don't have jobs. Their kids are gradua...
2018-11-06
False
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_172_ret_bn_g3
politifact_172
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/lincoln-project/mourning-america-ad-critical-trump-misleads-bailou/
"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
Lincoln Project
2020-05-05
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/president-trumps-dangerous-choice/
Financial reform enacted through the Dodd-Frank Act has made a lot of necessary progress since the crisis. U.S. banks have more substantial loss-absorbing capital cushions, increasingly rely on stable sources of funding, undergo rigorous stress testing, and plan for their orderly failure. President Trump’s intent to di...
2017-04-19
False
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_173
politifact_173
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/kelda-helen-roys/yes-five-abortion-restrictions-took-away-services-/
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
Kelda Roys
2021-09-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/kelda-helen-roys/yes-five-abortion-restrictions-took-away-services-/
Former Gov. Scott Walker signed a number of abortion restrictions while in office that former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, now running for governor, supported. They include a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, limits on medication abortions, prohibiting the procedure from being covered through the health care exchange, re...
2021-09-29
True
true
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_173_ret_b1_gn
politifact_173
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/kelda-helen-roys/yes-five-abortion-restrictions-took-away-services-/
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
Kelda Roys
2021-09-29
https://progressnorth.org/fact-check-yes-five-abortion-restrictions-passed-under-kleefisch-and-walker/
Wisconsin Senator Kelda Roys is correct when she asserts that gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch "worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions."
2021-11-02
True
false
true
supports
politifact_173_ret_bn_g12
politifact_173
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/kelda-helen-roys/yes-five-abortion-restrictions-took-away-services-/
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
Kelda Roys
2021-09-29
https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2014/07/02/from-charleston-to-los-angeles-new-york-to-miami-here-are-the-bottom-feeders-of-public-office/
Perhaps Joel Kleefisch, an Oconomowoc Republican, began feeling a bit eclipsed by his wife Rebecca, a social conservative who emerged from political obscurity in 2010 to become Gov. Scott Walker’s running mate and Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor. First elected to the state legislature in 2004, Kleefisch has really come...
2014-07-02
True
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_173_ret_bn_g14
politifact_173
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/kelda-helen-roys/yes-five-abortion-restrictions-took-away-services-/
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
Kelda Roys
2021-09-29
https://www.ontheissues.org/Gov_Debates_2024.htm
former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R) [...] WISN, "Former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch says health choices should be between a doctor and a patient not the government," Sep 12, 2021 [...] WTMJ, "Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch in Mexico for trade mission this week," Associated Press, Jun 13, 2017
2021-07-12
True
false
false
not_applicable
politifact_173_ret_bn_g2
politifact_173
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/kelda-helen-roys/yes-five-abortion-restrictions-took-away-services-/
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
Kelda Roys
2021-09-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?speaker=kelda-helen-roys
Kelda Helen Roys stated on February 1, 2024 in Public appearance: Minnesota incarcerates "about a third of what Wisconsin does." Kelda Helen Roys stated on April 26, 2023 in Twitter: Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage" Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 8, 2022 ...
2024-02-01
True
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_175
politifact_175
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/no-you-cant-get-free-baby-formula-your-state-calli/
Your state will send you free infant formula if you call Enfamil and Similac customer service numbers.
Facebook posts
2022-05-16
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/no-you-cant-get-free-baby-formula-your-state-calli/
A spokesperson for Abbott, the maker of Similac told us, this claim is false.
2022-05-16
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_175_ret_b10_gn
politifact_175
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/no-you-cant-get-free-baby-formula-your-state-calli/
Your state will send you free infant formula if you call Enfamil and Similac customer service numbers.
Facebook posts
2022-05-16
https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/free-programs-for-new-parents-and-your-children
Formula manufacturers will often send coupons and free samples if you sign up for these perks. For example, the Similac Strong Moms and Enfamil Family Beginnings programs will each send you $400 worth of benefits (formula samples, coupons, and more). While you’re at it, your doctor or baby’s pediatrician may also have ...
2021-06-28
False
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_175_ret_b3_gn
politifact_175
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/no-you-cant-get-free-baby-formula-your-state-calli/
Your state will send you free infant formula if you call Enfamil and Similac customer service numbers.
Facebook posts
2022-05-16
https://lawblog123.com/fact-check-false-claim-that-states-are-sending-free-baby-formula-to-similac-enfamil-callers-usa-today_269154.html
The claim: States will send free baby formula to those who call Similac or Enfamil’s customer service [...] "Due to the shortage of formula if you call enfamil or similac they will notify the state you can’t find any for your child and the state will send you a 6 pack of 12 Oz cans to your address ! For free!!" reads a...
2022-05-18
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_175_ret_bn_g1
politifact_175
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/no-you-cant-get-free-baby-formula-your-state-calli/
Your state will send you free infant formula if you call Enfamil and Similac customer service numbers.
Facebook posts
2022-05-16
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/05/18/fact-check-false-claim-free-formula-similac-enfamil-callers/9828861002/
The claim: States will send free baby formula to those who call Similac or Enfamil’s customer service [...] Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that states will send people free baby formula if they call Similac or Enfamil’s customer service. Neither of the phone numbers included in the claim indicate any su...
2022-05-18
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_175_ret_bn_g6
politifact_175
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/no-you-cant-get-free-baby-formula-your-state-calli/
Your state will send you free infant formula if you call Enfamil and Similac customer service numbers.
Facebook posts
2022-05-16
https://www.enfamil.com/baby-formula-coupons-samples/
The Enfamil Family Beginnings program is a way to earn rewards on Enfamil purchases, get discounts, free baby formula samples, and baby freebies! After signing up, you can receive special offers, get baby formula coupons, information, and more. [...] As a member of the Enfamil Family Beginnings® program, you may be eli...
2020-06-01
False
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_177
politifact_177
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/did-derek-chauvin-have-his-hand-his-pocket-he-rest/
Derek Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd.
Facebook posts
2021-04-06
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/did-derek-chauvin-have-his-hand-his-pocket-he-rest/
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wore black gloves and dark pants as he pinned George Floyd to the ground with his knee. As a result, some screen grabs from a bystander’s video of the incident show the color of his gloves blended in with that of his pants. The screen grabs circulating on social media gav...
2021-04-06
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_177_ret_b0_gn
politifact_177
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/did-derek-chauvin-have-his-hand-his-pocket-he-rest/
Derek Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd.
Facebook posts
2021-04-06
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/did-derek-chauvin-have-his-hand-his-pocket-he-rest/
It’s not true, however, that Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket as he knelt on Floyd. [...] Facebook posts said Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd. [...] USA Today, "Fact check: Derek Chauvin did not have hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd," April 15, 2021
2021-04-06
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_177_ret_b16_gn
politifact_177
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/did-derek-chauvin-have-his-hand-his-pocket-he-rest/
Derek Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd.
Facebook posts
2021-04-06
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/george-floyd-death-minneapolis-protests-live-updates-n1217886/ncrd1218406?os=winDhGBITyl&ref=app
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer seen kneeling on the neck of George Floyd before his death, was arrested Friday on charges of third-degree murder and manslaughter. [...] State charging documents allege that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck for 2 mi...
2020-05-29
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_177_ret_bn_g0
politifact_177
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/did-derek-chauvin-have-his-hand-his-pocket-he-rest/
Derek Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd.
Facebook posts
2021-04-06
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/15/fact-check-chauvin-did-not-have-hand-pocket-floyds-arrest/7219674002/
Fact check: Derek Chauvin did not have hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd The claim: Derek Chauvin's hand was in his pocket while pinning George Floyd to the ground [...] The claim that former Officer Derek Chauvin had his hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd is FALSE, based on our research....
2021-04-15
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_177_ret_bn_g4
politifact_177
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/did-derek-chauvin-have-his-hand-his-pocket-he-rest/
Derek Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd.
Facebook posts
2021-04-06
https://www.timfritson.com/blog/it-wasnt-my-knee
That image is not of the officer who was pinning George Floyd to the ground, killing him slowly and brutally. That image is wretched and causes shivers to run down my spine. But I’ve never killed a person. I am not overtly racist. Insert all the comments here about having black friends, black teammates, black members o...
2020-06-01
False
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_182
politifact_182
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-oversells-role-of-budgetary-dysfunction/
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Matt Gaetz
2023-10-01
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-oversells-role-of-budgetary-dysfunction/
For the better part of three decades, lawmakers have been unable to use 12 "regular order" appropriations bills to enact federal spending. Instead, Congress has lurched regularly from temporary bills to massive "omnibus" measures. In congressional terminology, a "continuing resolution" refers to a short-term spending b...
2023-10-01
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politifact_182_ret_b13_gn
politifact_182
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-oversells-role-of-budgetary-dysfunction/
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Matt Gaetz
2023-10-01
https://www.politifact.com/debt/
Matt Gaetz stated on October 1, 2023 in an interview on ABC's "This Week" "Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt." Mike Pence stated on August 23, 2023 in a Republican presidential debate in Mil...
2024-09-21
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politifact_182_ret_b14_gn
politifact_182
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-oversells-role-of-budgetary-dysfunction/
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Matt Gaetz
2023-10-01
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/10/the-roaring-nineties/302604/
However, in the 1990s we began to test our luck, not to mention that of the countries we told to follow our example, and we continue to test that luck. We have put ourselves deep in debt, not to finance productive investments but, rather, to finance wasteful projects: in the 1980s empty office buildings; in the 1990s f...
2002-10-01
Half True
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_182_ret_b6_gn
politifact_182
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-oversells-role-of-budgetary-dysfunction/
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Matt Gaetz
2023-10-01
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/13/congress-has-long-struggled-to-pass-spending-bills-on-time/
Continuing resolutions keep the government functioning but permit the appropriations process to drag out for weeks or months past its theoretical deadline. Between fiscal 1998 and 2023, there have been an average of 113 days – or almost four months – between the start of each fiscal year and the date that year’s final ...
2023-09-13
Half True
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true
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politifact_182_ret_bn_g1
politifact_182
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-oversells-role-of-budgetary-dysfunction/
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Matt Gaetz
2023-10-01
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-10-1-23-omb-director-shalanda/story?id=103629528
REP. MATT GAETZ, (R) FLORIDA: Kevin McCarthy is going to get his wish. I don’t think the adult in the room would allow America to sit atop a $33 trillion debt facing $2.2 trillion annual deficits. I don’t think the adult in the room would allow $8 trillion of this debt to come into refinancing at a higher level without...
2023-10-02
Half True
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politifact_183
politifact_183
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/tweets/fact-checking-claim-about-poll-watchers-turned-awa/
Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.
Tweets
2020-11-03
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/tweets/fact-checking-claim-about-poll-watchers-turned-awa/
A poll watcher was denied access to one polling site in Philadelphia because the person in charge of that particular polling place was not up to date on the law, which allows watchers to enter any site, not just the ward and division site specified on the watcher’s certificate, said a spokesperson for Philadelphia City...
2020-11-03
Half True
true
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supports
politifact_183_ret_b4_gn
politifact_183
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/tweets/fact-checking-claim-about-poll-watchers-turned-awa/
Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.
Tweets
2020-11-03
https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-was-a-pennsylvania-poll-worker-turned-away/19370900/
"A poll watcher in Philly was just wrongfully prevented from entering the polling place," Will Chamberlain, editor-in-chief of the conservative magazine Human Events, tweeted Nov. 3. His tweet includes a video that shows two people standing at a doorway and telling a third person that he cannot go in. "You are not lett...
2020-11-04
Half True
false
true
supports
politifact_183_ret_b8_gn
politifact_183
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/tweets/fact-checking-claim-about-poll-watchers-turned-awa/
Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.
Tweets
2020-11-03
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/01/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-debate-comment-poll-watchers-/
"Today there was a big problem," Trump said on the debate stage. "In Philadelphia they went in to watch. They’re called poll watchers. A very safe, very nice thing. They were thrown out. They weren’t allowed to watch. You know why? Because bad things happen in Philadelphia, bad things." [...] The woman told The Inquire...
2020-09-29
Half True
false
true
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politifact_184_ret_b11_gn
politifact_184
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/tim-scott/sen-tim-scott-said-black-homeownership-has-been-st/
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
Tim Scott
2023-04-11
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2022/08/08/black-homeownership-wealth-for-some-dashed-dreams-others/7770995001/
More than half a century after the Fair Housing Act was signed into law in 1968, not only is the homeownership gap between white and Black Americans wider than it was in 1960, the homeownership rate of Black Americans is expected to be lower (40%) in 2040 than it was in 2020 (41%), according to a study by the Urban Ins...
2022-08-08
True
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true
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politifact_184_ret_bn_g0
politifact_184
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/tim-scott/sen-tim-scott-said-black-homeownership-has-been-st/
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
Tim Scott
2023-04-11
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/tim-scott/sen-tim-scott-said-black-homeownership-has-been-st/
Sen. Tim Scott said Black homeownership has been static since 1968 housing law. He’s right. [...] "For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law," the Republican said in an April 11 press release from the Se...
2023-04-11
True
false
true
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politifact_184_ret_bn_g3
politifact_184
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/tim-scott/sen-tim-scott-said-black-homeownership-has-been-st/
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
Tim Scott
2023-04-11
https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-tim-scott-says-black-homeownership-has-been-static-for-decades/20876496/
"For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law," the Republican said in an April 11 press release from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. [...] We looked at statistics from the U.S. ...
2023-05-26
True
false
true
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politifact_184_ret_bn_g6
politifact_184
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/tim-scott/sen-tim-scott-said-black-homeownership-has-been-st/
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
Tim Scott
2023-04-11
https://ncrc.org/60-black-homeownership-a-radical-goal-for-black-wealth-development/
A radical increase in Black homeownership is needed to see progress in bridging Black and White homeownership and wealth inequality. One of the defining factors of economic well-being for individuals and families is household net worth or wealth, but not all families are equal. Decades of racial injustice and economic ...
2021-10-13
True
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true
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politifact_188
politifact_188
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/mark-born/no-private-insurance-doesnt-provide-better-coverag/
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
Mark Born
2021-03-21
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/mark-born/no-private-insurance-doesnt-provide-better-coverag/
Born asserts cost shouldn’t be factored in to whether Medicaid or private insurance offers better coverage. But the cost of premiums, deductibles and copays are a fundamental part of everyone’s health insurance decisions. And studies show cost is one of the biggest reasons many low-income people don’t get needed care. ...
2021-03-21
False
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politifact_188_ret_b0_gn
politifact_188
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/mark-born/no-private-insurance-doesnt-provide-better-coverag/
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
Mark Born
2021-03-21
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/mark-born/no-private-insurance-doesnt-provide-better-coverag/
No, private insurance doesn’t provide 'better coverage' than Medicaid [...] But the other portion of his claim is more unique. Does private insurance really provide "better coverage" to the individual than Medicaid? [...] Born said in an interview that "private insurance gives … better coverage" than people would get u...
2021-03-21
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_188_ret_b17_gn
politifact_188
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/mark-born/no-private-insurance-doesnt-provide-better-coverag/
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
Mark Born
2021-03-21
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2542420
Meanwhile, half a dozen states have received federal approval to expand under the ACA using alternative program features, including the private option.46 There is keen interest in assuring that federal flexibility does not jeopardize care for newly insured populations. We found few significant differences between Arkan...
2016-10-01
False
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true
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politifact_188_ret_b3_gn
politifact_188
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/21/mark-born/no-private-insurance-doesnt-provide-better-coverag/
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
Mark Born
2021-03-21
https://policiesforaction.org/project/private-insurance-versus-medicaid-health-outcomes-low-income-adults
As of summer 2018, 17 states have chosen not to expand Medicaid. However, some are considering placing a portion of or all newly eligible individuals into private insurance. Even some expansion states are considering similar changes, arguing that private plans may produce better quality at a lower cost to the state. Ye...
2021-01-05
False
false
true
insufficient-contradictory
politifact_189_ret_b10_gn
politifact_189
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/facebook-posts/story-behind-this-biden-misquote/
Quotes Joe Biden as saying, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.”
Facebook posts
2020-05-01
https://www.azquotes.com/author/1383-Joe_Biden
www.glamour.com, added Nov 8, 2017 Joe Biden - Born: November 20, 1942 - Occupation: Vice President of the United States - Cite this Page: Citation
2017-11-08
Half True
false
false
not_applicable
politifact_189_ret_bn_g0
politifact_189
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/facebook-posts/story-behind-this-biden-misquote/
Quotes Joe Biden as saying, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.”
Facebook posts
2020-05-01
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/facebook-posts/story-behind-this-biden-misquote/
A Facebook post claims that Biden said on the show that whatever he did in the past shouldn’t be made public while he runs for president. The post reads: "‘The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office’ — Joe Biden this morning on MSNBC…" [...] A Facebook p...
2020-05-01
Half True
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_190
politifact_190
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/03/tammy-baldwin/baldwin-wrong-supreme-court-has-never-taken-away-c/
"Our Supreme Court has never taken away a constitutional right."
Tammy Baldwin
2022-05-04
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/03/tammy-baldwin/baldwin-wrong-supreme-court-has-never-taken-away-c/
Constitutional law scholars say that it’s uncommon, but not entirely unprecedented, for the U.S. Supreme Court to take away a constitutional right. In the 1930s, for example, the court repudiated a 1905 decision to protect "right of contract" under the 14th Amendment’s due process clause, which essentially allowed empl...
2022-05-04
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_190_ret_b16_gn
politifact_190
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/03/tammy-baldwin/baldwin-wrong-supreme-court-has-never-taken-away-c/
"Our Supreme Court has never taken away a constitutional right."
Tammy Baldwin
2022-05-04
https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-the-constitution-canand-cantdo-about-the-governments-lies
And because the government—unlike the rest of us—has no constitutional rights of its own, under some circumstances speech that is protected by the First Amendment when uttered by a nongovernmental speaker may still violate specific constitutional protections when uttered by the government. To be sure, the Supreme Court...
2022-01-24
False
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true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_190_ret_bn_g6
politifact_190
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/03/tammy-baldwin/baldwin-wrong-supreme-court-has-never-taken-away-c/
"Our Supreme Court has never taken away a constitutional right."
Tammy Baldwin
2022-05-04
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/about
The best-known power of the Supreme Court is judicial review, or the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution, is not found within the text of the Constitution itself. The Court established this doctrine in the case of Marbury v. Madison (1803). [...] Before the pa...
2014-01-01
False
false
true
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politifact_191_ret_b11_gn
politifact_191
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-omits-context-on-nikki-haleys-comment/
Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
Donald Trump
2024-01-06
https://theglobalherald.com/business/finance/haley-says-65-is-way-too-low-for-retirement-age/
Bloomberg Television published this video item, entitled "Haley Says 65 Is ‘Way Too Low’ for Retirement Age" – below is their description. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and former US ambassador to the UN, says not touching entitlements will bankrupt the US on "Bloomberg M...
2023-08-24
Half True
false
false
not_applicable
politifact_191_ret_b9_gn
politifact_191
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-omits-context-on-nikki-haleys-comment/
Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
Donald Trump
2024-01-06
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20230923300/ill-raise-the-retirement-age-only-for-younger-people-to-save-social-security-republican-presidential-candidate-nikki-haley-says
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wants to raise retirement age, limit benefits for some, to save Social Security Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina who is vying to be the Republican nominee for U.S. president, took a step into the often taboo topic of Social Security and said she would raise ...
2023-09-23
Half True
false
true
supports
politifact_191_ret_bn_g1
politifact_191
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-omits-context-on-nikki-haleys-comment/
Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
Donald Trump
2024-01-06
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-omits-context-on-nikki-haleys-comment/
"Nikki says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher," Trump said of his former U.N. ambassador. [...] This is missing context. When Haley said the federal retirement age of 65 was "way too low" she wasn’t talking about current Social Security beneficiaries or people who are close to retiring. Sh...
2024-01-06
Half True
false
true
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politifact_191_ret_bn_g15
politifact_191
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-omits-context-on-nikki-haleys-comment/
Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
Donald Trump
2024-01-06
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nikki-haley-repeats-call-raise-193210791.html
Nikki Haley tells Bloomberg News "65 is way too low" for the retirement age, advocates attaching it to life expectancy pic.twitter.com/E3yxPl0LIC — Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) August 24, 2023 Haley said the retirement age should be raised to factor in increased life expectancy, but didn’t have an exact figure t...
2023-08-27
Half True
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true
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politifact_193
politifact_193
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
Facebook posts
2020-10-23
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/
President Donald Trump said "go ahead" to moderator Kristen Welker, who was trying to change the subject.
2020-10-23
False
true
true
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politifact_193_ret_b0_gn
politifact_193
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
Facebook posts
2020-10-23
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/
Trump didn't say ‘good’ in reference to family separations; he said ‘go ahead’ to debate moderator [...] "If you heard Trump say ‘good’ about the kids being separated from their parents, and you still plan to vote for him, you’re inhuman," says an Oct. 23 post from a Facebook page called Close the Camps. [...] Did Trum...
2020-10-23
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_193_ret_bn_g3
politifact_193
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
Facebook posts
2020-10-23
https://www.factcheck.org/issue/family-separations/
President Donald Trump didn’t say "‘GOOD’ about the kids being separated from the parents" at the southern border during the final presidential debate, as social media posts wrongly claim. He said "go ahead" to the moderator, who was trying to move on to the next topic. [...] In this last installment of the year in our...
2023-06-08
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_193_ret_bn_g8
politifact_193
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
Facebook posts
2020-10-23
https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy
An audio recording obtained by ProPublica adds real-life sounds of suffering to a contentious policy debate that has so far been short on input from those with the most at stake: immigrant children. More than 2,300 of them have been separated from their parents since April, when the Trump administration launched its "z...
2018-06-18
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_193_ret_bn_g9
politifact_193
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
Facebook posts
2020-10-23
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/02/why-did-trump-administration-separate-asylum-seekers-their-kids/
More in this seriesThroughout the spring of 2018, as the number of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border exploded, President Donald Trump's administration insisted that the government took thousands of kids from their parents because the families had committed a federal crime. [...] Spokesmen for ICE and Customs...
2018-10-02
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_195
politifact_195
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/
“Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety.”
Instagram posts
2023-10-08
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/
A Lego employee and physicians at a Danish hospital first developed a Lego model of a magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, machine, in 2015 to help children understand the procedure and feel comfortable before their exams. After a successful pilot program, Lego said in 2022 that it would donate 600 model MRI scanners to...
2023-10-08
True
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politifact_195_ret_b2_gn
politifact_195
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/
“Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety.”
Instagram posts
2023-10-08
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/61064708
Lego: MRI toys donated to hospitals to help kids feel less nervous - Published - comments The Lego Foundation - part of the Lego company that does charity work - has announced that it will donate 600 new MRI scanner toys to hospitals. [...] LEGO employee Erik Ullerlund Staehr and Odense University Hospital in Denmark, ...
2022-04-11
True
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politifact_195_ret_bn_g0
politifact_195
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/
“Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety.”
Instagram posts
2023-10-08
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/
A Lego employee and physicians at a Danish hospital first developed a Lego model of a magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, machine, in 2015 to help children understand the procedure and feel comfortable before their exams. [...] An Oct. 8 Instagram post shared a photo of the Lego MRI scanner and said, "Lego donates mode...
2023-10-08
True
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true
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politifact_195_ret_bn_g10
politifact_195
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/
“Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety.”
Instagram posts
2023-10-08
https://ifunny.co/tags/reduce
The_Ghostface 12 jun 278 blankMadeMeSmile subscribe Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals I to help children understand the procedure >and reduce their anxiety 93 comments Aman has been diagnosed with cancer in lego city! Putins_Pringles id #blankmademesmile#subscribe#lego#donates#mri#kits#hospitals#help#children#un...
2024-01-01
True
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politifact_195_ret_bn_g7
politifact_195
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/
“Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety.”
Instagram posts
2023-10-08
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/dujs/2022/02/20/toys-and-treatment-usage-of-legos-in-medical-procedure-preparation/
Going to the doctor can be a scary experience filled with uncertainty and apprehension, especially for a young child. Now, imagine that same child is also expected to lie still in a foreign, constricted cylinder as it continuously generates loud sounds. Every child who needs an MRI scan experiences this. Their uneasine...
2022-02-20
True
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true
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politifact_197
politifact_197
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/mark-finchem/arizonas-mark-finchem-falsely-links-george-soros-t/
The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Mark Finchem
2022-10-09
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/mark-finchem/arizonas-mark-finchem-falsely-links-george-soros-t/
In 2012, seven states formed the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC. The partnership, which now includes 33 states, shares voter registration data in an effort to clear the voter rolls of people who have moved or died. ERIC was launched with start-up money from the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, bu...
2022-10-09
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_197_ret_b17_gn
politifact_197
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/mark-finchem/arizonas-mark-finchem-falsely-links-george-soros-t/
The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Mark Finchem
2022-10-09
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2014/01/02/electronic-registration-information-center-eric
Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) [...] The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, is a multistate partnership that utilizes a sophisticated, secure data-matching tool to improve the accuracy and efficiency of state voter registration systems. ERIC is owned, managed, and funded by particip...
2014-01-02
False
false
true
insufficient-refutes
politifact_197_ret_bn_g0
politifact_197
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/mark-finchem/arizonas-mark-finchem-falsely-links-george-soros-t/
The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Mark Finchem
2022-10-09
https://www.votebeat.org/23045551/eric-electronic-registration-information-center-voter-roll-matching-program/
In January, a provocative right-wing website, Gateway Pundit, published a series of blog posts with line after line of inaccurate or misleading information. The posts asserted that ERIC is actually a liberal ploy funded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros, intended to get more Democrats registered to vote. Gatew...
2022-04-28
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_197_ret_bn_g13
politifact_197
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/mark-finchem/arizonas-mark-finchem-falsely-links-george-soros-t/
The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Mark Finchem
2022-10-09
https://boltsmag.org/alabama-secretary-of-state-leaves-eric/
On his first day in office on Monday, Allen terminated Alabama’s membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center, a consortium of roughly 30 states that share data about their voter rolls to keep them up to date, citing concerns about data privacy. [...] Allen first promised he would leave ERIC on the camp...
2023-01-19
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_197_ret_bn_g8
politifact_197
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/mark-finchem/arizonas-mark-finchem-falsely-links-george-soros-t/
The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Mark Finchem
2022-10-09
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/29/eric-voter-fraud-database-virginia/
Formed in 2012, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) grew to include 33 states and D.C. It identified 12.5 million people who moved to a different state from the ones in which they were registered to vote as well as almost 600,000 deceased voters still on the rolls. The database worked excellently, bef...
2023-12-29
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_198
politifact_198
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/
New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
Facebook posts
2020-07-30
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/
New York hospitals didn’t report this. There’s no evidence wearing a face mask properly causes fungal lung infections.
2020-07-30
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_198_ret_b1_gn
politifact_198
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/
New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
Facebook posts
2020-07-30
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/
No, New York state hospitals didn’t report thousands of lung infections caused by face masks [...] - There’s no evidence wearing a face mask properly causes fungal lung infections. [...] There is a similar dearth of evidence to corroborate the claim that hospitals in New York have reported thousands of fungus lung infe...
2020-06-30
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_198_ret_b3_gn
politifact_198
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/
New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
Facebook posts
2020-07-30
https://wgme.com/news/i-team/ask-the-i-team-are-face-masks-causing-fungal-lung-infections
You can’t make this up: New York state hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask. [...] For one, the fact-checking site PolitiFact spoke with health officials in New York who say hospitals did not report thousands of lung infections. [...] Dora Anne Mills, the chief health improvemen...
2020-07-09
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_198_ret_bn_g0
politifact_198
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/
New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
Facebook posts
2020-07-30
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/24/fact-check-wearing-mask-does-not-cause-fungal-lung-infection/8377735002/
A Facebook user shared an image on Sept. 16 with the text, "You can't make this up: NYS hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask." [...] New York hospitals have not reported thousands of fungal lung infections from wearing masks, according to Dr. Bruce Farber, chief of public health...
2021-09-24
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_198_ret_bn_g8
politifact_198
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/
New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
Facebook posts
2020-07-30
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/molecular-microbiology-and-immunology/news-and-events/mmi-in-the-news
Is It Time to Wear a Mask Again? [...] Wearing Masks Will Help Keep Economies Open: Johns Hopkins [Video] [...] There are two types of masks used in preventing infections: surgical masks and respirator masks. It’s important to know the difference, and which situations they’re useful in.
2020-04-23
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_2
politifact_2
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-said-3-states-removed-thousands-of/
“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
Rick Scott
2024-08-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-said-3-states-removed-thousands-of/
Three Republican-led states — Alabama, Texas and Virginia — have taken steps to remove or flag ineligible people on the voter rolls, since at least 2021. This included noncitizens, or potential noncitizens, according to state officials. There are some unknowns about the people affected, and the number of people who tur...
2024-08-29
Half True
true
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_2_ret_b1_gn
politifact_2
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-said-3-states-removed-thousands-of/
“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
Rick Scott
2024-08-29
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2024/08/30/what-we-know-about-claims-of-noncitizens-on-voter-rolls-in-al-tx-va/75018675007/
Sen. Rick Scott said 3 states removed 16,000-plus noncitizens on voter rolls. What we know Three Republican-led states — Alabama, Texas and Virginia — say they've taken steps to remove or flag ineligible people on the voter rolls. [...] Here is what we know about the efforts to remove noncitizen voters in three states:
2024-08-30
Half True
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_2_ret_b3_gn
politifact_2
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-said-3-states-removed-thousands-of/
“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
Rick Scott
2024-08-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/12/donald-trump/trumps-claim-that-millions-of-immigrants-are-signi/
Cases of noncitizens voting are statistically rare. Some noncitizens accidentally end up on voter rolls when applying for driver’s licenses. States and counties have safeguards to check for voter eligibility. [...] In Colorado, ahead of the 2022 midterm election, the secretary of state’s office mistakenly sent postcard...
2024-01-05
Half True
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_2_ret_b5_gn
politifact_2
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-said-3-states-removed-thousands-of/
“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
Rick Scott
2024-08-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/07/donald-trump/do-states-verify-citizenship-voters-federal-electi/
Cases of noncitizens voting are statistically rare. Some noncitizens accidentally end up on voter rolls when applying for drivers’ licenses. [...] Some states look at driver’s license records to see whether any noncitizens also registered to vote. But driver’s license records can be outdated and may not reflect if a no...
2020-12-02
Half True
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_2_ret_bn_g0
politifact_2
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-said-3-states-removed-thousands-of/
“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
Rick Scott
2024-08-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/29/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-said-3-states-removed-thousands-of/
Sen. Rick Scott said 3 states removed thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls. Here’s what we know [...] Three Republican-led states — Alabama, Texas and Virginia — have taken steps to remove or flag ineligible people on the voter rolls, since at least 2021. This included noncitizens, or potential noncitizens, accordin...
2024-08-28
Half True
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_20
politifact_20
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/16/social-media/no-tim-walz-didnt-sign-a-bill-giving-legal-protect/
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.”
Social media posts
2024-08-06
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/16/social-media/no-tim-walz-didnt-sign-a-bill-giving-legal-protect/
The bill, called the "Take Pride Act," updated the definition of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It didn’t include pedophiles in these definitions, nor did it give pedophiles legal protections. Legal experts told PolitiFact that laws prohibiting discrimination because of se...
2024-08-06
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_20_ret_b8_gn
politifact_20
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/16/social-media/no-tim-walz-didnt-sign-a-bill-giving-legal-protect/
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.”
Social media posts
2024-08-06
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/05/05/no-minnesota-bill-doesnt-protect-pedophiles-fact-check/70181286007/
The claim: New Minnesota bill would protect pedophiles as a sexual orientation [...] The bill wouldn't protect pedophiles as a "sexual orientation." Rather, it removed language from the law that linked pedophilia and sexual orientation. An amendment added on April 26 – two days before this post – directly says the phys...
2023-05-05
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_20_ret_bn_g0
politifact_20
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/16/social-media/no-tim-walz-didnt-sign-a-bill-giving-legal-protect/
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.”
Social media posts
2024-08-06
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/16/social-media/no-tim-walz-didnt-sign-a-bill-giving-legal-protect/
The bill, called the "Take Pride Act," updated the definition of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It didn’t include pedophiles in these definitions, nor did it give pedophiles legal protections. [...] RNC Research, an X account run by former President Donald Trump’s campaign...
2024-08-06
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_200
politifact_200
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/
Says he is the ‘ranking member’ of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jim Banks
2021-09-16
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/
Rep. Jim Banks is not the ranking member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In fact, he isn’t on the committee at all.
2021-09-16
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_200_ret_b0_gn
politifact_200
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/
Says he is the ‘ranking member’ of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jim Banks
2021-09-16
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/
Rep. Jim Banks is not the ranking member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In fact, he isn’t on the committee at all. [...] Banks claimed in the signature of at least one letter to a federal agency that he is the "ranking member" of the House select committee investigati...
2021-09-16
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_200_ret_bn_g5
politifact_200
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/
Says he is the ‘ranking member’ of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jim Banks
2021-09-16
https://libguides.union.edu/january-sixth
Jan. 6 Committee has requested cooperation from three additional members of the House of Representatives to provide information for the committee’s investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol and its causes. Letters to the three House members: [...] Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) will serve on the...
2021-02-23
False
false
true
insufficient-refutes
politifact_200_ret_bn_g6
politifact_200
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/
Says he is the ‘ranking member’ of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jim Banks
2021-09-16
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_January_6_Attack
The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (commonly referred to as the January 6th Committee) was a select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives established to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack.[1] [...] - ^ Schiff, Adam (July 1, 2021). "Schif...
2024-09-27
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_200_ret_bn_g7
politifact_200
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/jim-banks/indiana-congressman-signed-letter-top-republican-j/
Says he is the ‘ranking member’ of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jim Banks
2021-09-16
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/503/text
H.Res.503 - Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. 117th Congress (2021-2022) [...] There is hereby established the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (hereinafter referred to as the "Select Committee"). [......
2021-06-30
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_204
politifact_204
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
Van Wanggaard
2022-06-05
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/
Experts say suicide deaths can be unpredictable, but are preventable. Research has found that most attempters act on impulse, but once the acute feelings ease, the vast majority do not go on to die by suicide. Recent studies have also shown a link between 48-hour waiting periods to purchase guns and suicide deaths by f...
2022-06-05
False
true
true
refutes
politifact_204_ret_b13_gn
politifact_204
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
Van Wanggaard
2022-06-05
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/apr/27/van-wanggaard/no-evidence-waiting-period-handgun-purchases-reduc/
No statistical evidence that a waiting period for handgun purchases reduces violence, lawmaker says [...] And a 2012 study by one researcher from the University of Cincinnati and another from Arizona State University found no statistical effects from waiting periods on gun crimes. [...] Wanggaard said, "There’s no stat...
2015-04-21
False
false
true
supports
politifact_204_ret_b14_gn
politifact_204
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
Van Wanggaard
2022-06-05
https://www.nraila.org/get-the-facts/waiting-periods/
Waiting Periods - Waiting periods are arbitrary impositions with no effect on crime or suicide, introduce no additional investigative avenues, and only burden law-abiding gun owners without changing how or when criminals obtain firearms. [...] - Most gun-owners own more than one firearm[5] and a waiting period could no...
2024-07-23
False
false
true
insufficient-supports
politifact_204_ret_b3_gn
politifact_204
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
Van Wanggaard
2022-06-05
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/24/doug-jones/yes-waiting-periods-gun-purchases-have-been-linked/
Yes, waiting periods on gun purchases have been linked to suicide reduction [...] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "Handgun waiting periods reduce gun deaths," Nov. 14, 2017 CNN, "Handgun waiting period laws save lives, study says," Oct. 16, 2017
2018-03-21
False
false
true
refutes
politifact_204_ret_bn_g0
politifact_204
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
Van Wanggaard
2022-06-05
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/
"I don’t know that that saves anything," Wanggaard said of the waiting period. "If somebody’s decided that they’re going to take their life, they’re going to take their life." [...] When asked whether Wisconsin should reinstate the 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases, Wanggaard said no because he doesn’t know ...
2022-06-05
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_205
politifact_205
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/gordon-hintz/no-unemployment-not-fake-crisis-wisconsin/
Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.”
Gordon Hintz
2021-02-23
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/gordon-hintz/no-unemployment-not-fake-crisis-wisconsin/
Wisconsin’s outdated unemployment insurance system has remained largely unchanged despite an array of warning signs across the last three gubernatorial administrations. Hintz was condemning Republicans for not acting in 2020 as tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents saw checks delayed — often by months — due to the o...
2021-02-23
False
true
true
insufficient-refutes
politifact_205_ret_bn_g11
politifact_205
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/gordon-hintz/no-unemployment-not-fake-crisis-wisconsin/
Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.”
Gordon Hintz
2021-02-23
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1980
We propose to put Americans back to work again by restoring real growth without inflation to the United States economy. Republican programs and initiatives detailed in this platform will create millions of additional new jobs in the American workplace. As a result of Mr. Carter's recession, more than eight million Amer...
2004-02-01
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_205_ret_bn_g9
politifact_205
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/gordon-hintz/no-unemployment-not-fake-crisis-wisconsin/
Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.”
Gordon Hintz
2021-02-23
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2016-republican-party-platform
The federal fiscal burden threatens the security, liberty, and independence of our nation. The current Administration's refusal to work with Republicans took our national debt from $10 trillion to nearly $19 trillion today. Left unchecked, it will hit $30 trillion by 2026. At the same time, the Administration's policie...
2016-07-18
False
false
true
insufficient-neutral
politifact_206
politifact_206
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/26/antonio-guterres/fact-checking-un-secretary-generals-remarks-about/
Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.”
António Guterres
2024-03-18
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/26/antonio-guterres/fact-checking-un-secretary-generals-remarks-about/
A March report compiled by organizations that evaluate global food emergencies said 677,000 people in Gaza face "catastrophic" food insecurity, based on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system. We found no instances in which more people have been classified as experiencing "catastrophic" hunger or fami...
2024-03-18
True
true
true
insufficient-supports