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Pat Buchanan
stated on May 5, 2016 in an NPR interview:

"Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • May 17, 2016

Loretta Sanchez
stated on May 11, 2016 in a debate:

"The Brady Campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2016

Duf Sundheim
stated on May 10, 2016 in a debate:

"There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year."

False

By Chris Nichols • May 11, 2016

Jerry Brown
stated on April 26, 2016 in a statement :

"California has added twice as many jobs as Florida" over the past year.

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • May 6, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech at the California Republican Party Convention:

"Here in California, Donald Trump has given $12,000 to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • May 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the California Republican Party Convention:

"In the history of Republican primaries, I’ve gotten the most votes in the history of the Republican party."

False

By Chris Nichols • May 2, 2016

Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2016 in a Facebook post:

Says Target installed urinals in a women’s bathroom to "accommodate the ones who have giblets."

Pants on Fire!

By Chris Nichols • April 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2016 in a campaign speech:

"The polling shows over and over again that, unlike Donald Trump, that with me as the nominee, we beat Hillary Clinton."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • April 12, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 in a campaign speech:

"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • April 6, 2016

Californians for Lower Drug Prices
stated on March 21, 2016 in a press release:

"Twenty-seven out-of-state pharmaceutical companies have raised more campaign dollars (against a drug price control measure) than all other state ballot measures have raised to date, combined."

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2016

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on March 17, 2016 in a campaign press release:

Congressman Jeff Denham "has agreed all illegal immigrants should be detained, arrested and deported."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 22, 2016 in a campaign speech:

"Today, the United States has, sadly, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • March 23, 2016

Anthony Rendon
stated on March 7, 2016 in a news conference:

California "cut about $1.3 billion in child care (during the recession). We’ve only reinvested about $300 million."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • March 17, 2016

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on March 6, 2016 in an endorsement speech in Columbus, Ohio.:

When John Kasich became governor of Ohio, "there was an $8 billion budget deficit and now there’s a $2 billion surplus."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016

Gavin Newsom
stated on December 5, 2015 in a campaign email:

"So far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • February 23, 2016

Loretta Sanchez
stated on January 20, 2016 in a Capital Public Radio interview:

"Nothing was done. I mean, $25 million was spent, but we don’t have that (gun ownership) database."

Pants on Fire!

By Chris Nichols • February 4, 2016

Jerry Brown
stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address:

"Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011.

True

By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2016 in a TV interview:

"California Senator, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America, 'Give me your guns, I'm rounding 'em up,' she would."

False

By Chris Nichols • January 15, 2016

Mike Thompson
stated on December 7, 2015 in a speech:

"Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • December 17, 2015

Kevin de León
stated on November 10, 2015 in a press release:

California has "robust job growth that outpaces the rest of the nation."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • December 7, 2015

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