Latest Fact-Checks By Yanqi Xu

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Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 in in a CNN interview:
"There has been an increase in hate crimes."
By Yanqi Xu • October 31, 2025
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 6, 2019 in a Medium post:
"Nowadays, there is more regulation over toy guns than real ones."
Mostly False
By Yanqi Xu • May 10, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
"You've got millions of families paying 40, 50, 60% of their limited incomes to put a roof over their heads."
True
By Yanqi Xu • May 2, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on April 13, 2019 in a Tweet:
"Most of home care is paid by government programs."
Mostly True
By Yanqi Xu • April 25, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2019 in a meme:
"CNN uses the same girl in 3 different Refugee Crisis pictures being saved by 3 different men."
False
By Yanqi Xu • March 1, 2019
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
stated on December 22, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"Half the states in the U.S. have laws that criminalize criticism."
Mostly False
By Yanqi Xu • February 27, 2019
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing:
"In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
Mostly True
By Yanqi Xu • February 14, 2019