Latest Fact-Checks In Crime

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Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on August 4, 2025 a statement
During Gov. Hochul’s tenure, there has been “more crime on our streets.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 27, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 posts on X
California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on October 8, 2024 Public appearance
“Milwaukee is one of the sex trafficking capitals in our country.”
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By Ricardo Torres • October 29, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 17, 2024 Speech
After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
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By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 an Instagram post
A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.
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By Grace Abels • March 11, 2024
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 10, 2023 a news release
Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.
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By Conor Amendola • April 4, 2023
Ashbey Beasley
Ashbey Beasley
stated on March 27, 2023 a statement to the media
“Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2023
William Barclay
William Barclay
stated on March 7, 2023 a tweet
“A proposal in Syracuse would pay gang members $100-$200 per week to stay out of trouble.”
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By Marnique O. Panepento • March 29, 2023
Cliff Hayes
Cliff Hayes
stated on November 23, 2022 a TV interview.
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
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By Warren Fiske • December 2, 2022
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on October 30, 2022 an interview on Meet the Press
“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
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By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 News release
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
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By D.L. Davis • September 22, 2022
American Leadership Action
American Leadership Action
stated on September 1, 2022 an ad
As a mayor, "John Fetterman chased down an innocent, unarmed Black man," wielded a shotgun and "falsely accused the man, triggering a confrontation with police."
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September 12, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 27, 2022 an Instagram post
"Under Abbott, Texas leads the nation in rape offenses while the rate of arrests for rape has fallen by nearly half."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • August 9, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2022 a national address from the White House.
"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 25, 2022
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on August 23, 2021 an interview
Before 2020, “crime had been falling, every year, year after year, in the city of Buffalo.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 11, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2020 an interview with ABC News
Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”
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By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post.
“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”
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By Warren Fiske • May 20, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 19, 2020 news release
“Car thefts (are) increasing in 8 of the 10 most populous (Wisconsin) counties.”
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By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2020
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 a Tweet
"Defendants charged with producing, directing or promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child will be arraigned & set free." 
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
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