Latest Fact-Checks In Public Safety

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Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano
stated on November 5, 2017 a tweet
"There are no background checks on long guns (AR15s) in Texas."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 4, 2017 a Facebook post
"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 25, 2017
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on October 17, 2017 a news article
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
False
By Chris Nichols • October 20, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on August 22, 2017 in an ad
Says Kelli Ward hosted a town hall on "chemtrail conspiracy theories" and is open to sponsoring chemtrails legislation.
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 22, 2017 a rally
"There aren't too many people outside protesting" his speech at the Phoenix Convention Center.
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 23, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 Press release
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 23, 2017 posts on Twitter and Facebook
There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 27, 2017
Principled PAC
Principled PAC
stated on June 18, 2017 an ad
"The same unhinged leftists cheering last week's shooting are all backing Jon Ossoff." 
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • June 19, 2017
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on May 19, 2017 a press release supporting the Back The Blue Act of 2017
"Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers."
False
By Will Doran • May 23, 2017
Judy Chu
Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 20, 2017 posts on social media
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC
"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on April 10, 2017 a speech
"Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 13, 2017
Bruce Kraus
Bruce Kraus
stated on March 22, 2017 an interview with The Incline
"Data shows that vehicle break-in is the No. 1 crime in the city, but also the No. 1 crime in the South Side Flats, and it’s closely followed by assault."
False
By MJ Slaby • April 11, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 24, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus."
Half-True
March 3, 2017
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on February 14, 2017 a written statement
"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • February 17, 2017
Sylvia Garcia
Sylvia Garcia
stated on January 5, 2017 a press release
Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone."
Half-True
By Bobby Cervantes • February 1, 2017
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos
stated on January 17, 2017 her Senate confirmation hearing
"I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
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