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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
BLM Fresno riots will begin at 4 p.m. in River Park on 06/02/20
False
By Madison Czopek • June 2, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged."
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • May 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 22, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 19, 2020 in a CNN interview:
Says President Donald Trump is “morbidly obese.”
False
By Emily Venezky • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2020 in 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.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 7, 2020
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 in an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.:
“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Pelosi was in (Wuhan) China 6 days after the impeachment HOAX failed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 in 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.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2020
DeAnna Lorraine
DeAnna Lorraine
stated on April 12, 2020 in 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."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 8, 2020 in 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.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post:
“ICE arrests LA mayor for harboring fugitives through sanctuary city.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 13, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 4, 2020 in 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.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 9, 2020
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 in 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.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 in 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."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on December 20, 2019 in an interview with MSNBC:
Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2019 in a campaign ad:
California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."
True
By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019
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