Latest Fact-Checks In Public Safety

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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
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on April 1, 2022 a press release
In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”
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By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • April 27, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 a speech in Pittsburgh
“More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.”
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By Jon Greenberg • September 2, 2020
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on April 19, 2020 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2020
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on September 4, 2019 a press conference
"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.
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By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on March 5, 2019 a tweet
Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly doubled during her tenure.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 10, 2019
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
stated on January 27, 2019 an interview
Among neighboring states, the condition of Wisconsin highways was rated "not only the worst, but it was worse by a gaping margin."
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By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 29, 2018 a press conference at the border
There was "an estimated $5.3 million of economic loss just for a few hours of shutting down the border. You’re talking about millions and millions of dollars — billions of dollars — of economic consequence, if we continue with this rhetoric around shutting down the border without considering what that means."
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By Chris Nichols • December 3, 2018
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 23, 2017 posts on Twitter and Facebook
There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
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By Allison Graves • July 27, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC
"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."
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By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on April 10, 2017 a speech
"Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."
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By Will Doran • April 13, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview
"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN
African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 18, 2016 a Medium post
"40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun."
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By Taylor Leighton • July 7, 2016
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on June 16, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
"Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate
Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."
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February 18, 2016
State Public Service Announcement
State Public Service Announcement
stated on December 28, 2015
By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • December 30, 2015
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty
stated on November 10, 2015 a tweet
"@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • November 22, 2015
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