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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
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, 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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