California Scorecard True 0% 26 Checks Mostly True 0% 61 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 66 Checks False 0% 213 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 60 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for California Benny Johnson stated on January 16, 2026 in an X post: Video showing a vacant lot at a Venice, California, address where 26 voters were registered exposes voter fraud. January 21, 2026 Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Voting in California is “rigged.” November 5, 2025 X posts stated on October 9, 2025 in a post on X: “If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat. October 14, 2025 X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in an X post: Image shows an antifa debit card that can “automatically be funded after looting, rioting and gang stalking.” June 17, 2025 Gavin Newsom stated on June 10, 2025 in posts on X: California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma. June 16, 2025 X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in an X post: Video shows Marine Corps attack helicopter over Los Angeles in response to immigration raid protests. June 16, 2025 X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in X post: Video shows woman exiting her car during the 2025 Los Angeles protests, shouting, “I have babies in the car!” June 12, 2025 TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2025 in a video: Craigslist ad was “recruiting people for LA ‘protests.’” June 12, 2025 TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2025 in a video: Video shows Los Angeles protesters chanting “We are Los Angeles” in June 2025. June 11, 2025 Social Media stated on June 9, 2025 in social media posts: California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025. June 10, 2025 Load More Latest Articles The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual? • October 28, 2025 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier • August 4, 2025 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before • June 12, 2025 Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests • June 11, 2025 LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines • June 10, 2025 Timeline: Was the California National Guard at LA protests when Trump thanked them? • June 9, 2025 Fact-check: Trump relies on falsehoods when pushing voting changes in speech to governors By Amy Sherman • February 26, 2025 Republican leaders want to put conditions on California wildfire aid. Is there precedent for that? • January 22, 2025 Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked By Grace Abels • January 17, 2025 Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention? By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2025
