Latest Fact Checks By Miriam Valverde

Fact-checking Rand Paul on Joe Biden and support for wars

By Miriam Valverde

August 26, 2020

Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”

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Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim on asylum seekers in Mexico

By Miriam Valverde

August 12, 2020

Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”

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Fact-checking Arizona Senate race claim about Mark Kelly, PPP loan

By Miriam Valverde

August 6, 2020

“Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.”

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Fact-checking Chuck Schumer’s claim that Republican bill says ‘no medical malpractice suits’

By Miriam Valverde

August 3, 2020

“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”

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Fact-checking Stacey Abrams’ comparison of census response rates

By Miriam Valverde

July 31, 2020

“Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities,…

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Fact-checking Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump’s response to reports of Russian bounties on US troops

By Miriam Valverde

July 23, 2020

Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”

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Donald Trump gives false version of Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders ‘unity’ policy on immigrants

By Miriam Valverde

July 17, 2020

Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”

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Fact-checking Nancy Pelosi’s claim of high public support for ‘Dreamers’

By Miriam Valverde

June 26, 2020

“80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”

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Instagram post shares misleading information about 8 companies, prison labor

By Miriam Valverde

June 22, 2020

“Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”

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Donald Trump falsely says Obama administration did not try to do police reforms

By Miriam Valverde

June 18, 2020

“President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”

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Homeownership gap between white and Black Americans is higher now than in 1960s

By Miriam Valverde

June 11, 2020

“Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.”

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Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ claim about Donald Trump and investigations of police misconduct

By Miriam Valverde

June 4, 2020

Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”

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