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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 14, 2025 una conferencia de prensa:
Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU.
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2025
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 12, 2025 a post on X:
“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 14, 2025 in a press conference:
On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • May 16, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 a Truth Social post:
The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on May 8, 2025 posts:
Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • May 9, 2025
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on May 1, 2025 an interview on CNN:
Canadian tourism to Florida has declined by 80%.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Loreben Tuquero • May 7, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post:
The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2025 a speech:
The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 a Truth Social post:
On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2025 a speech announcing tariffs:
“Egg prices came down 50%”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on April 1, 2025 an X post:
“Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 an interview:
"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
False
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2025 a post:
Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 17, 2025 a Truth Social post:
Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 a speech to Congress:
"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary
stated on February 24, 2025 an interview on CNN:
“We've never audited government for 100 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 20, 2025 a speech at CPAC:
President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 21, 2025
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 3, 2025 in a letter to Congress:
On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2025
Brian Mast
Brian Mast
stated on February 2, 2025 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 5, 2025
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on January 26, 2025 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025
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