Fact Check Posts – Page 14

Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post

If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.

May 19, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post

“So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.”

By Bill McCarthy • May 7, 2020

Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.

“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post

“Pelosi was in (Wuhan) China 6 days after the impeachment HOAX failed.”

By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post

During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”

By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post

Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.

April 21, 2020

DeAnna Lorraine
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet that was retweeted by President Donald Trump

Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large."

By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2020

Viral image
stated on April 8, 2020 a Facebook post

Says a California surfer was “alone, in the ocean,” when he was arrested for violating the state’s stay-at-home order.

April 9, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 a Facebook post

Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.

March 30, 2020

Bloggers
stated on March 13, 2020 a blog post

“ICE arrests LA mayor for harboring fugitives through sanctuary city.”

March 13, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 4, 2020 a news conference

"If you look at California, if you look at people of color in general, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, we won that big time. Big time. Not even close.”

By Chris Nichols • March 9, 2020

Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 a State of the State Address

"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”

By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 social media posts

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020

Ro Khanna
stated on December 20, 2019 an interview with MSNBC

Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2019 a campaign ad

California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."

By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on "Meet the Press"

"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."

By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019

Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2019 an interview on "Face the Nation"

President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.

By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019

Darrell Steinberg
stated on October 24, 2019 an interview with Capital Public Radio

"90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless."

By Chris Nichols • October 31, 2019

Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate

"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."

By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019

Xavier Becerra
stated on August 26, 2019 a news conference

"Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win."

By Chris Nichols • September 25, 2019

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