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Latest Fact-Checks By Samantha Putterman

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Jeanette Nuñez
Jeanette Nuñez
stated on March 15, 2024 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a campaign ad:
Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 4, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on December 19, 2023 in an X post:
Migrants who enter the U.S. illegally get U.S. passports immediately after leaving a border processing center.
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 21, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on November 11, 2023 in a TikTok post:
CNN and The Associated Press “admitted” to knowing about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in advance but didn’t tell anyone.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on November 10, 2023 in an interview:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate:
An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 15, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.:
China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • November 1, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 13, 2023 in a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.:
"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire:
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2023
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