California Scorecard true 0% 26 Checks mostly-true 0% 61 Checks Half True 0% 52 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 X posts stated on June 8, 2025 in an X post: Video shows “Marines have arrived in Los Angeles” June 8 to respond to immigration protests. June 9, 2025 Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2025 in a Facebook post: “BREAKING: Rep. Maxine Waters calls for the United States to grant citizenship to every undocumented protester in Los Angeles” 2025 protests. June 9, 2025 X posts stated on June 8, 2025 in X posts: Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests. June 9, 2025 Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU. May 21, 2025 Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in in a press conference: On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. May 16, 2025 X posts stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post: California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.” May 5, 2025 Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.” By Claire Cranford • March 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California. February 24, 2025 Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram: “El gobernador de California le ha dejado las cosas bien claras a Donald Trump que si llega a deportar a los inmigrantes que viven en California el estado independizara de Estados Unidos y se unirá con México". By Maria Briceño • February 5, 2025 Threads posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a Threads post: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.” January 29, 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 What to know about the LA fire department’s budget and whether Mayor Karen Bass cut funding By Samantha Putterman • January 14, 2025 Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management By Caleb McCullough • January 10, 2025 A ‘third assassination attempt’ against Trump? Here’s what we know about California arrest • October 14, 2024 What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? • September 27, 2024 Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise. • December 1, 2023 Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • December 1, 2023 The Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom economies, in 8 charts By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2023 Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 10, 2023 CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat • April 21, 2023 Potential 2024 contenders, including Trump, keep the focus on ‘freedom’ • November 15, 2022 Latest promises about California No promises to show. Latest promises about California
