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Latest Fact-Checks On Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on August 27, 2025 an X post
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2025
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on February 11, 2024 an interview
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2024
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 a tweet
“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 an interview on CNN
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview with CNN
“Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on August 18, 2020 a tweet
“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 20, 2020
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 11, 2020 an MSNBC interview
Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 13, 2020
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on December 23, 2018 a tweet
"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2019
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet
On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2018
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on June 26, 2017 a video
Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 10, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 12, 2017 Twitter
"Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • May 16, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference
"In year No. 1, 14 million Americans lose coverage," according to the CBO. 
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
"Ninety percent of Americans want our background check system strengthened and expanded to cover more gun sales."
True
By Lauren Carroll • July 28, 2016
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on January 15, 2014 remarks at a news conference
"Only 3 percent of voters 18 to 34 don't believe that climate change is really happening."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2014