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Latest Fact-Checks By Miriam Valverde

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HoustonChronicle-tv.com
HoustonChronicle-tv.com
stated on October 3, 2017 a blog post
Says "the Kardashians donate whopping sum to Las Vegas mass shooting victims"
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • October 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2017 a rally
"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 an NBC interview
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on September 21, 2017 a debate
DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Miriam Valverde • September 22, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 18, 2017 a blog post
"House Dems introduce bill to remove citizenship requirement from presidency."  
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • September 20, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 14, 2017 remarks to reporters
Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet
San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on September 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?"  
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Freedom Daily
Freedom Daily
stated on September 6, 2017 a blog post
"Muslims’ disturbing plan comes out after grocery stores go bare to prepare for Irma."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 12, 2017
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on September 6, 2017 an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show
"No court has held (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) unconstitutional."  
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 11, 2017
OurLandOfTheFree.com
OurLandOfTheFree.com
stated on August 30, 2017 a blog post
The Clinton Foundation is sending water to Houston "for $7 a bottle."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • September 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2017 a press conference
"We stopped traffic coming through -- 78 percent."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 22, 2017 a rally
"There aren't too many people outside protesting" his speech at the Phoenix Convention Center.
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 23, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on August 8, 2017 a USA Today op-ed
"Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 14, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 6, 2017 a blog post
Tornado carries mobile home 130 miles, family inside unharmed.
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • August 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2017 a tweet
"United Nations Resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever on North Korea. Over one billion dollars in cost to N.K."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 28, 2017 a speech
"The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 14, 2017 a blog post
Cher "is moving to Canada because of President Trump."  
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 12, 2017 a speech
"According to a recent study from the University of California Riverside, (sanctuary) cities with these policies have more violent crime on average than those that don’t."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 24, 2017
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