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Latest Fact-Checks By Chris Nichols

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 18, 2020 a tweet
“In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
False
By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2020 a Wall Street Journal op-ed
“For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 30, 2020 a press conference
Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.
False
By Amy Sherman, Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 24, 2020 social media posts
Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • July 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”
False
By Chris Nichols • July 15, 2020
Melissa Melendez
Melissa Melendez
stated on July 9, 2020 a tweet
“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”
False
By Chris Nichols • July 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"
False
By Chris Nichols • July 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2020 a Facebook post
Gov. Gavin Newsom “has no legal authority” to make wearing face coverings mandatory in California.
False
By Chris Nichols • June 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 6, 2020 a social media post
California’s registered independent voters “will not be able to vote republican come 2020.”
False
By Chris Nichols • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 a social media post
“The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • June 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 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
Tom McClintock
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.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020
Bernie Sanders
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.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 9, 2020
Gavin Newsom
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.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020
Facebook posts
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."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Joe Biden
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."
True
By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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."  
False
By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
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.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019
Darrell Steinberg
Darrell Steinberg
stated on October 24, 2019 an interview with Capital Public Radio
"90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." 
True
By Chris Nichols • October 31, 2019
Tom Steyer
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."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019
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