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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 31, 2019 in the Detroit debate:
"When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’"  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2019
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede:
Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 18, 2019 in a press briefing:
Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.   
False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on July 12, 2019 in a tweet:
"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on the National Defense Authorization Act.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2019 in remarks at the White House:
Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2019
Weston Pagano
Weston Pagano
stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium:
Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 27, 2019 in a democratic debate in Miami:
"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2019 in a press release:
The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 in a speech in Iowa:
"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 in a press release:
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"California to teach kindergarteners there are 15 genders."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2019
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on May 8, 2019 in a hearing:
Ohio "thought that our (voting) machines were so awful we got rid of them, but South Carolina bought them. This is true. South Carolina bought all the machines we got rid of because they were not effective."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2019 in a speech at the White House:
"Drug prices are coming down, first time in 51 years because of my administration."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Shefali Luthra • May 22, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week:
"When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 in a speech:
Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2019 in a tweet:
Democrats "don’t want money" to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 9, 2019
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 in a TV ad:
Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019
Mac Heller
Mac Heller
stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on CNN:
"The 2008 election was the first election in which voters of color comprised over 25 percent of the electorate, and that number is going up."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2019 in a panel at the University of Pennsylvania:
"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 27, 2019 in a CNN town hall in South Carolina:
Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2019
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