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Latest Fact-Checks On Kamala Harris

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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2020 a CNN interview:
Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 4, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on November 13, 2019 a Facebook ad:
"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 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
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
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
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 22, 2019 an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert":
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 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 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event:
"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall:
"The majority of women are minimum wage workers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 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
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 26, 2019 a tweet:
"In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 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
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
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 11, 2019 a tweet:
"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 27, 2019 a campaign launch event:
"The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet:
Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs."
False
By Manuela Tobias • September 10, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 19, 2018 a tweet:
"In 99 percent of counties in America, someone making the minimum wage working full time can’t afford a 1-bedroom apartment."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng • July 25, 2018
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