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Latest Fact-Checks By Samantha Putterman

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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 a moderated conversation
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2024 a video posted on Truth Social
"All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 a Facebook post
“Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2024 a video posted on Truth Social
Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 19, 2024 a speech
Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries "was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • April 2, 2024
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on March 30, 2024 an X post
“Joe Biden banned ‘religious themed’ eggs at the White House’s Easter Egg design contest for kids.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 1, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2024 a Truth Social post
The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2024
Jeanette Nuñez
Jeanette Nuñez
stated on March 15, 2024 a news conference
Miami’s immigration courts have the “largest backlog of any court in this country with 10% of the overall immigration cases,” and “more than 90%” of people lose their asylum claims.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • March 21, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 27, 2024 an interview on CNBC
Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 14, 2024
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 3, 2024 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally."
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 8, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 22, 2024 in a campaign reception
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2024
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 16, 2024 a post
There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 12, 2024 an Instagram post
"Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 16, 2024
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on February 11, 2024 an interview
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 22, 2024 a speech
“Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.”
True
By Samantha Putterman • January 30, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 18, 2024 a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.
“Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 23, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 17, 2024 a rally in Rochester, N.H.
Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 19, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2024 a campaign ad
“Haley’s plan cuts Social Security benefits for 82% of Americans.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 18, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2024 a speech
Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • January 8, 2024
SFA Fund
SFA Fund
stated on December 28, 2023 a campaign ad
Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 4, 2024
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