Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Jeff Denham
stated on July 24, 2018 in a podcast interview:

China has "not acted so well with our elections. They’ve tampered with our elections quite a bit."

By Chris Nichols • August 14, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet:

"California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."

By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2018

Jessica Morse
stated on July 19, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., "has authored three laws since he’s been in office; two renamed post offices."

By Chris Nichols • July 24, 2018

Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2018 in a press conference:

"Let’s talk about the facts and where we are today. There are still nearly 2,600 children who are separated from their parents" due to the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.

By Chris Nichols • July 19, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on July 2, 2018 in a tweet:

Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13."

By Chris Nichols • July 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2018 in a campaign speech:

"We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."

By Chris Nichols • June 26, 2018

Gavin Newsom
stated on May 21, 2018 in :

Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.

By Chris Nichols • June 1, 2018

John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign TV ad:

GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."

By Chris Nichols • May 29, 2018

John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen "gave campaign donations to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Barbara Boxer."

By Chris Nichols • May 25, 2018

John Chiang
stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."

By Chris Nichols • May 16, 2018

Gavin Newsom
stated on May 8, 2018 in a campaign debate:

"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."

By Chris Nichols • May 10, 2018

Gavin Newsom
stated on April 23, 2018 in in a campaign ad:

Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."

By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2018

John Chiang
stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions:

"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.

By Chris Nichols • April 20, 2018

Jerry Brown
stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration:

"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."

By Chris Nichols • April 13, 2018

Scott Jones
stated on April 2, 2018 in a news conference:

There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations.

By Chris Nichols • April 10, 2018

Travis Allen
stated on March 8, 2018 in :

"Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."

By Chris Nichols • March 27, 2018

Gavin Newsom
stated on March 8, 2018 in :

"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."

By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2018 in California just sued to stop the wall:

"The state of California is begging us to build walls in certain areas. They don’t tell you that."

By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2018

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 5, 2018 in a news release:

California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."

By Chris Nichols • March 8, 2018

Jeff Sessions
stated on March 7, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento:

"California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for."

By Chris Nichols • March 7, 2018

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