Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

Miami has the largest asylum case backlog in the U.S. Here’s why.

By Samantha Putterman

March 21, 2024

Miami’s immigration courts have the “largest backlog of any court in this country with 10% of the overall immigration cases,” and “more than 90%” of…

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Ron DeSantis said Citizens Property Insurance ‘is not solvent.’ That’s misleading.

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

March 14, 2024

Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”

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Rubio overstates effect of Biden immigration actions, falsely claims he’s not detaining migrants

By Samantha Putterman

March 8, 2024

Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this…

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For the most part, the US pays double for prescriptions compared with other countries, as Biden says

By Samantha Putterman

March 4, 2024

If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.

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Elon Musk says there’s ‘scientific consensus’ on birth control depression, suicide risk. He’s wrong.

By Samantha Putterman

February 23, 2024

There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”

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No, Google didn’t confirm that the 1969 US moon landing was fake

By Samantha Putterman

February 16, 2024

"Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.”

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The US homicide rate has dropped, but Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy overstates effect of gun law

By Samantha Putterman

February 15, 2024

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”

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How many women live in states with abortion bans? Fact-checking Vice President Kamala Harris

By Samantha Putterman

January 30, 2024

“Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.”

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Does Florida have the fewest state employees per capita, as Ron DeSantis says? Depends on the data

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

January 23, 2024

“Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”

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Nikki Haley said Donald Trump wanted to raise the gas tax as president. His support was flimsy.

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

January 19, 2024

Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."

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Trump ad says Nikki Haley’s plan would cut Social Security for 82% of Americans. That’s False.

By Samantha Putterman

January 18, 2024

“Haley’s plan cuts Social Security benefits for 82% of Americans.”

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Donald Trump omits context on Nikki Haley’s comments about US retirement age being too low

By Samantha Putterman

January 8, 2024

Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”

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