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Latest Fact-Checks By Chris Nichols

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Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on August 26, 2019 a news conference
 "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • September 25, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN climate town hall
Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. 
False
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 22, 2019 a campaign speech
 "Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 12, 2019 a CNN interview
It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year." 
False
By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 23, 2019 an interview on "Axios on HBO"
"The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • August 14, 2019
California Republican Party
California Republican Party
stated on August 6, 2019 a fundraising pitch
President Trump was "kicked off" the California ballot
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • August 8, 2019
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on August 3, 2019 a tweet
There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.
False
By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 her exchange on busing during the Democratic presidential debate
Says "I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, public schools." 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols, Stefanie Pousoulides • July 2, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2019 an interview on "Meet the Press"
California "admitted" there were "a million" illegal votes in the 2016 presidential election. 
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • June 24, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 18, 2019 a tweet
Says "For the first time in our state’s history, the Pride flag has been raised at our State Capitol!!"
False
By Chris Nichols • June 18, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2019 a speech at the California Democratic Party Convention
President Trump’s tariffs are "taking $1.4 billion out of working people’s pockets every month."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 20, 2019 an interview on MSNBC
On the need for independent investigations of police shootings 
Full Flop
By Chris Nichols • May 23, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 17, 2019 a podcast
"It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • April 19, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 news articles and blogs
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet
Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.
False
By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 6, 2019 a news release
"College debt has increased 170 percent since 2006 and now exceeds $1.5 trillion dollars, which is second only to mortgage debt and surpasses even credit card debt."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 13, 2019 a news conference
California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 24, 2019 a podcast
Says handing over arrested undocumented youth to ICE "was an unintended consequence" of a 2008 San Francisco policy that she supported.
False
By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2019
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on January 29, 2019 a speech
"In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."
False
By Chris Nichols • February 20, 2019
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