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Fact-checks (20346)

Republican Party of Florida stated on October 04, 2018 in an ad:
After Hurricane Hermine struck Tallahassee, "utility companies lined up trucks to restore power. But as mayor, Andrew Gillum refused help from workers."
By Amy Sherman• October 10, 2018
Robert Hurt stated on March 25, 2011 in a newsletter.:
A cap-and-trade bill would "destroy over 50,000 jobs in Virginia."
By Jacob Geiger• April 12, 2011
Patrick Burke stated on March 02, 2024 in a press release:
The Great Lakes account for “over 20% of the world’s freshwater and over 80% of North America’s freshwater.”
By David Scibilia• March 20, 2024
Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image:
Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
By Daniel Funke• May 27, 2020
Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech:
“We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.”
By Jessica Calefati• October 14, 2020
Donald Trump stated on August 08, 2016 in an economic address in Detroit:
"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."
By Louis Jacobson• August 9, 2016
John Thune stated on November 15, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:
"80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."  
By Jon Greenberg• November 17, 2017
League of Conservation Voters stated on September 01, 2015 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters."
By James B. Nelson• October 9, 2015
Lee Leffingwell stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.:
Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.
By W. Gardner Selby• January 21, 2013
Daniel Llanes stated on October 12, 2013 in an opinion column:
"78702 is the second-most gentrified ZIP code in the entire country."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 30, 2013
Mike Polensek stated on January 15, 2013 in a television interview:
"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."
By Tom Feran• January 23, 2013
James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:
Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026
Mike Polensek stated on November 18, 2010 in a public meeting:
"We're worse than a Third World country in terms of water quality and the way we treat our sewage."
By Tom Feran• January 4, 2011
Marco Rubio stated on October 15, 2018 in a gathering in West Miami of Ron DeSantis supporters:
After Hurricane Hermine in 2016, Tallahassee "didn’t have power for weeks because (Mayor Andrew Gillum) stood in the way of crews being able to come in and restore power, because they weren’t members of the right union or something."
By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2018
Charlie Crist stated on October 15, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Davie:
Says Jeb Bush -- not Charlie Crist -- signed legislation that let Duke Energy collect money for nuclear projects.
By Joshua Gillin• October 16, 2014
Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."
By Jon Greenberg• April 23, 2015
Sharlene Leurig stated on February 09, 2015 in an Austin City Council workshop:
"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."
By Andra Lim• May 18, 2015
Kari Lake stated on October 09, 2024 in a Senate debate:
“Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2024
Barry Loudermilk stated on May 04, 2017 in an email to constituents:
In the House Republican health care bill, "we’re expanding women’s access to health services by redirecting Planned Parenthood dollars to community health centers, which vastly outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics."
By Louis Jacobson• May 9, 2017
Ron Shipman stated on June 10, 2013 in a meeting:
Says Georgia Power customers pay 10 percent to 15 percent below the national average for electricity.
By Eric Stirgus• June 24, 2013

Articles (6577)

NextGen Climate’s attacks on Florida Gov. Rick Scott

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• August 15, 2014

NextGen Climate’s attack ads on Florida Gov. Rick Scott

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• August 19, 2014

Reality check: Biden’s renewable energy plan

By Jon Greenberg• August 30, 2022

Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings

By Manuela Tobias• June 7, 2018

What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires?

By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023

Examining Jerry Brown’s veto of California wildfire legislation and the criticism of it

By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2018

Fact-checking claims about the environment in Florida’s race for governor

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• October 30, 2014

Sorting out Ward Armstrong's claim on electricity rates

By Jacob Geiger• January 27, 2011

Did George Washington run businesses as president?

By Louis Jacobson• October 30, 2019

Is Chappelle-Nadal right when she says 'radioactive waste is killing our residents?'

By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• November 12, 2017

Hollywood Hills deaths after Irma prompt new regulations, but what will they do?

By Allison Graves• September 22, 2017

Water pollution claim tapped for favorites list

By Robert Higgs• December 23, 2011

Fact-checking claims that Florida’s property tax amendment will ‘defund’ essential public services

By Samantha Putterman• June 4, 2026

Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 RNC speech

By PolitiFact Staff • August 28, 2020

Fact-checking Rick Scott on the environment and sea-level rise

By Amy Sherman• March 11, 2015

How do the Democrats running for president really live? A look at their homes, wealth

By John Kruzel• August 22, 2019

Is the U.S. suffering an epidemic of rolling blackouts?

By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2012

Updating the Walk-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher• September 27, 2017

Is the U.S. suffering an epidemic of rolling blackouts?

By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2012

Kari Lake claimed Maricopa County voters were ‘disenfranchised.’ Experts disagree.

By Madison Czopek• November 22, 2022