Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Handgun gripped by hand

How Florida’s red flag gun law works

September 3, 2019

Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."

Joe Biden in Prole Iowa Aug. 20 2019

Biden wrong when he says Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke

August 27, 2019

Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.

Venezuela burned bus February 2019

Fact-checking Matt Gaetz on gun bans in Australia and Venezuela

August 19, 2019

In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  

anti racism photo at rally Aug 6 2019

Fact-checking whether Trump cut money to combat white nationalism

August 9, 2019

"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."

Trump, Pence speak of white supremacist shootings White House

After mass shootings, Donald Trump says prosecutions for firearm offenses hit record in 2018

August 5, 2019

"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."

Biden in Detroit debate July 2019

Fact-checking the Joe Biden, Kirsten Gillibrand spat over 1980s child care tax credit vote

August 2, 2019

"When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an…

children lined up homestead immigrant shelter

Yes, children at Homestead facility get far less time to call family than federal prisoners

July 23, 2019

Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a…

Trump fist Greenville NC July 17 2019

Trump said when crowd chanted ‘send her back’ about Omar he stopped it. Video shows otherwise.

July 19, 2019

Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.   

Guantanamo control tower

No, Gitmo detainees not headed to ‘neighborhood near you’ as Florida congressman said

July 19, 2019

"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on…

Ilhan Omar Capitol grounds

Donald Trump twists Ilhan Omar’s comments about al-Qaida

July 16, 2019

Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."

Joe Biden foreign policy speech July 11 2019

Fact-checking an attack on Joe Biden about immigration deportation, detention votes

July 12, 2019

Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."

Miami debate 2: Biden

Joe Biden oversimplifies his school busing record in Miami debate

June 28, 2019

"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."

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