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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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Benny Johnson
Benny Johnson
stated on January 16, 2026 an X post:
Video showing a vacant lot at a Venice, California, address where 26 voters were registered exposes voter fraud.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 21, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2025 a Truth Social post:
Voting in California is “rigged.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • November 5, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 9, 2025 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.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 9, 2025 an X post:
Image shows an antifa debit card that can “automatically be funded after looting, rioting and gang stalking.”
False
By Gabrielle Lazor • June 17, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 posts on X:
California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 9, 2025 an X post:
Video shows Marine Corps attack helicopter over Los Angeles in response to immigration raid protests.
False
By Gabrielle Lazor • June 16, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 9, 2025 X post:
Video shows woman exiting her car during the 2025 Los Angeles protests, shouting, “I have babies in the car!”
False
By Ella Moore • June 12, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 9, 2025 a video:
Craigslist ad was “recruiting people for LA ‘protests.’”
False
By Maria Briceño • June 12, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 9, 2025 a video:
Video shows Los Angeles protesters chanting “We are Los Angeles” in June 2025.
False
By Ella Moore • June 11, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on June 9, 2025 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.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • June 10, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 8, 2025 an X post:
Video shows “Marines have arrived in Los Angeles” June 8 to respond to immigration protests.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • June 9, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 8, 2025 a Facebook post:
“BREAKING: Rep. Maxine Waters calls for the United States to grant citizenship to every undocumented protester in Los Angeles” 2025 protests.
False
By Maria Briceño • June 9, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 8, 2025 X posts:
Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • June 9, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 14, 2025 una conferencia de prensa:
Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU.
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 14, 2025 in a press conference:
On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • May 16, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post:
California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 25, 2025 social media posts:
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”
False
By Claire Cranford • March 7, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2025 a Facebook post:
Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • February 24, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2025 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".
False
By Maria Briceño • February 5, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 24, 2025 a Threads post:
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
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