0 People 1186 Fact-checks 553 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (1186) Mark Born stated on June 02, 2021 in Twitter: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” By D.L. Davis• June 18, 2021 Chris Christie stated on March 25, 2013 in an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program: "The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before. We simply don’t do that, haven’t done it, and won’t permit it." By Caryn Shinske• April 11, 2013 Iowa GOP state legislators stated on February 02, 2021 in comments to the press: Tenured professors are guaranteed a job. By Sarah Watson• March 15, 2021 Al Gore stated on October 11, 2016 in a speech: Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster." By Joseph Cariz• October 28, 2016 Kim Reynolds stated on November 10, 2020 in a press conference: "If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers." By Brooklyn Draisey• November 18, 2020 Paul Ryan stated on May 02, 2017 in a news conference: "We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama. By Tom Kertscher• May 11, 2017 Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.” By Eric Litke• March 4, 2021 Jason Isaac stated on May 30, 2011 in a tweet: Says this month’s special session will cost the state $27,300 a day just for legislators’ daily living expenses. By Ciara O'Rourke• June 6, 2011 Jennifer Carroll stated on April 19, 2012 in Capitol news conference: "We didn’t go out asking people" to join the "stand your ground" task force. By Toluse Olorunnipa, Katie Sanders• May 3, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2018 in a Facebook post: Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour. By Jon Greenberg• March 7, 2019 Alex Sink stated on December 07, 2010 in a meeting of the Florida Cabinet: "150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by Floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid." By Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010 Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.” By Laura Schulte• December 1, 2022 JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits. By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• July 30, 2021 Jeanne Shaheen stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60." By Lukas Pleva• July 27, 2010 Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog. By Laura Schulte• July 3, 2020 Michelle Malkin stated on August 02, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more." By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2009 Pam Bondi stated on July 31, 2010 in a Bay News 9/CFN 13 debate.: Mortgage fraud is "up 400 percent in the last five years." By Aaron Sharockman• August 2, 2010 Michael Needham stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey." By Lauren Carroll• December 15, 2014 Bob Buckhorn stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the RNC: The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa "than almost anywhere else." 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Mark Born stated on June 02, 2021 in Twitter: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” By D.L. Davis• June 18, 2021 Chris Christie stated on March 25, 2013 in an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program: "The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before. We simply don’t do that, haven’t done it, and won’t permit it." By Caryn Shinske• April 11, 2013 Iowa GOP state legislators stated on February 02, 2021 in comments to the press: Tenured professors are guaranteed a job. By Sarah Watson• March 15, 2021 Al Gore stated on October 11, 2016 in a speech: Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster." By Joseph Cariz• October 28, 2016 Kim Reynolds stated on November 10, 2020 in a press conference: "If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers." By Brooklyn Draisey• November 18, 2020 Paul Ryan stated on May 02, 2017 in a news conference: "We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama. By Tom Kertscher• May 11, 2017 Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.” By Eric Litke• March 4, 2021 Jason Isaac stated on May 30, 2011 in a tweet: Says this month’s special session will cost the state $27,300 a day just for legislators’ daily living expenses. By Ciara O'Rourke• June 6, 2011 Jennifer Carroll stated on April 19, 2012 in Capitol news conference: "We didn’t go out asking people" to join the "stand your ground" task force. By Toluse Olorunnipa, Katie Sanders• May 3, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2018 in a Facebook post: Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour. By Jon Greenberg• March 7, 2019 Alex Sink stated on December 07, 2010 in a meeting of the Florida Cabinet: "150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by Floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid." By Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010 Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.” By Laura Schulte• December 1, 2022 JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits. By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• July 30, 2021 Jeanne Shaheen stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60." By Lukas Pleva• July 27, 2010 Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog. By Laura Schulte• July 3, 2020 Michelle Malkin stated on August 02, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more." By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2009 Pam Bondi stated on July 31, 2010 in a Bay News 9/CFN 13 debate.: Mortgage fraud is "up 400 percent in the last five years." By Aaron Sharockman• August 2, 2010 Michael Needham stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey." By Lauren Carroll• December 15, 2014 Bob Buckhorn stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the RNC: The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa "than almost anywhere else." By Katie Sanders• August 31, 2012 Amy Klobuchar stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Children who witness domestic violence are "twice as likely to commit it themselves." By Derek Tsang• September 16, 2014
The facts behind funding Iowa’s public universities By Natalie Dunlap• April 26, 2021 Taking a closer look at Donald Trump's promises in new ad By Allison Graves• October 14, 2016 Rick Perry’s count of $10,000 college degrees By W. Gardner Selby• June 4, 2013 Immigrant deaths and the science behind temperatures rising inside parked cars, trucks By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2017 By the numbers: Is college worth the cost? By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Fact-checking claims about domestic violence, Ray Rice By Katie Sanders, Derek Tsang• September 17, 2014 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2020 Drilling down on the state economy By April Hunt• January 13, 2015 The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it? By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019 All about education By April Hunt• January 28, 2015 Barack Obama, Lyndon Johnson, 6.1 billion hours of tax preparation: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• April 15, 2014 McDonnell sums up his term By Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• January 9, 2014 Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2017 Bill Powers says UT places second only to Berkeley nationally in PhDs awarded each year By W. Gardner Selby• October 10, 2012 The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained By Bill McCarthy• April 20, 2021 The Senate takes up immigration By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013 The Senate takes up immigration By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013 Primary preview: Checking Santorum's college claim By Robert Higgs, Louis Jacobson• February 29, 2012 No, Patrick Murphy, PolitiFact did not debunk every attack against you By Katie Sanders• October 27, 2016 Is the U.S. economy working for everyone? What the data shows By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2019
