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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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William Barclay
William Barclay
stated on December 1, 2022 in a radio interview:
California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2023
Karen Bass
Karen Bass
stated on December 18, 2022 in in an interview:
“Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles.
Mostly True
By Andy Nguyen • December 20, 2022
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on December 12, 2022 in an interview:
The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2022
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stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 16, 2022
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stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 6, 2022
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stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2022
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stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2022
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stated on November 15, 2022 in a video:
President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.
False
By Madison Czopek • November 17, 2022
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stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 11, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in a post:
California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 7, 2022
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stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Leaked audio tape of the 911 call from the Paul Pelosi attack has surfaced. The call proves that the liberal media has lied about what really happened.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2022
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stated on November 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Two far-right websites attributed to David DePape to smear conservatives were fabricated — they were created Friday.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in an Instagram post:
David DePape “stripped down to his underwear, grabbed a hammer, and jogged all the way to Nancy Pelosi’s house.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in an Instagram post:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “doesn’t even have surveillance cameras around her house.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Police dispatch audio from Paul Pelosi’s attack was recorded in a Moscow studio.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 1, 2022
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stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Security cameras at Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home malfunctioned “for the duration of the break-in, so officials have ended their investigation.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 1, 2022
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stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:
A photo shows David DePape filming the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2022
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stated on October 23, 2022 in Instagram post:
California state Sen. Scott Wiener “doesn’t just want to sterilize California kids, but sterilization of kids everywhere!”
False
By Michael Majchrowicz • October 31, 2022
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stated on October 29, 2022 in an Instagram post:
The Pelosis “are refusing to turn over surveillance video of their home.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2022
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stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:
There are “100,000 kids in cages” under the Getty art museum.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 20, 2022
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