Latest Fact Checks By Chris Nichols

Bakersfield has far more jobs in oil than solar, despite Schwarzenegger’s false claim

By Chris Nichols

December 6, 2019

"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…

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MOSTLY TRUE: Nancy Pelosi’s claim President Trump ‘hasn’t built any new wall’

By Chris Nichols

November 23, 2019

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

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Fact Check: Does California really have ‘90,000 unsheltered’ homeless people?

By Chris Nichols

October 31, 2019

"90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." 

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Tom Steyer claimed ‘90% of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years.’ Is he right?

By Chris Nichols

October 16, 2019

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

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Is California really ‘winning’ in court against the Trump administration?

By Chris Nichols

September 25, 2019

 "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." 

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Kamala Harris claimed she ‘sued Exxon Mobil’ as California AG. She didn’t.

By Chris Nichols

September 6, 2019

Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. 

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Bernie Sanders’ Half True claim on number of people in jail who can’t afford bail

By Chris Nichols

August 29, 2019

 "Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail."

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No, America’s auto industry not expected to lose ‘as many as 300,000’ jobs, as Kamala Harris claimed

By Chris Nichols

August 21, 2019

It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year." 

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Gavin Newsom’s ridiculous claim: ‘Vast majority’ of San Francisco’s homeless people come from Texas

By Chris Nichols

August 14, 2019

"The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."

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No, President Trump wasn’t ‘kicked off’ the California ballot. That’s Pants on Fire.

By Chris Nichols

August 8, 2019

President Trump was "kicked off" the California ballot

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Fact Check: Are there ‘more gun deaths by far’ in America than any other country?

By Chris Nichols

August 6, 2019

There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.

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Was Kamala Harris ‘part of second class to integrate’ Berkeley’s public schools?

By Chris Nichols , Stefanie Pousoulides

July 2, 2019

Says "I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, public schools." 

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