Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Donald Trump
stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:

“In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”

By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:

“For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”

By Chris Nichols • August 17, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference:

Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.

By Amy Sherman, Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 24, 2020 in social media posts:

Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.”

By Chris Nichols • July 28, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”

By Chris Nichols • July 15, 2020

Melissa Melendez
stated on July 9, 2020 in a tweet:

“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”

By Chris Nichols • July 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"

By Chris Nichols • July 6, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Gov. Gavin Newsom “has no legal authority” to make wearing face coverings mandatory in California.

By Chris Nichols • June 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 6, 2020 in a social media post:

California’s registered independent voters “will not be able to vote republican come 2020.”

By Chris Nichols • June 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 in a social media post:

“The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”

By Chris Nichols • June 16, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged."

By Chris Nichols • May 26, 2020

Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 in an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.:

“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 4, 2020 in a news conference:

"If you look at California, if you look at people of color in general, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, we won that big time. Big time. Not even close.”

By Chris Nichols • March 9, 2020

Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address:

"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”

By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts:

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2019 in a campaign ad:

California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."

By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."

By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019

Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2019 in an interview on "Face the Nation":

President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.

By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019

Darrell Steinberg
stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview with Capital Public Radio:

"90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless."

By Chris Nichols • October 31, 2019

Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:

"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."

By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019

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