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Latest Fact-Checks By Miriam Valverde

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Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on April 8, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump's "effort to roll back regulations means that Big Ag now gets to inspect its own pork" and "they decided to stop testing for E. coli."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 16, 2019
X posts
X posts
stated on April 5, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."
False
By Miriam Valverde • April 8, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 1, 2019 a Medium post:
Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 5, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2019 a social media post:
"American middle schools caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • April 2, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 14, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa:
"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 19, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post:
"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2019
America First
America First
stated on March 1, 2019 a tweet:
Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 28, 2019 a Facebook post:
"Chicago now has City ID Cards which allow illegal immigrants to vote in local, state & federal elections."
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 4, 2019
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on February 22, 2019 a press conference:
Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 1, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on February 19, 2019 a tweet:
Farmers are declaring bankruptcy "in record numbers" and "the median income for U.S. farm households was -$1,548 in 2018."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2019 a tweet:
"We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!"
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 a CNN interview:
"One out of every 5 people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 19, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 8, 2019 a blog post:
When visa holders exit the United States and enter Mexico, "if they leave through a land port of entry we literally have no clue if they are still here or have returned to their country of origin."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2019 State of the Union address:
"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime — one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, immediately upon its building, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country."  
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 8, 2019
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
stated on January 29, 2019 a committee hearing:
"Go back to 2005 until now, we have quadrupled the number of Border Patrol agents."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 1, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 21, 2019 a blog post:
"New research says drinking wine is more important than exercise for living past 90."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2019 a tweet:
"We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 19, 2019 a speech:
"One in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • January 25, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 13, 2019 a blog post:
"BREAKING: Trump family donates $1 billion to wall fund."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • January 15, 2019
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