Latest Fact Checks By John Kruzel

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Have background checks been ‘unequivocally’ shown to reduce gun violence?

October 11, 2017
"Background checks have been unequivocally shown to reduce gun violence."
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Are white males responsible for more mass shootings than any other group?

October 6, 2017
"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."
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Donald Trump wrongly blames ‘hospitalized’ senator for GOP health care collapse

September 28, 2017
"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So…
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Is North Korea the 4th most sanctioned nation?

September 27, 2017
North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."
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Did Roy Moore fight for pay raises for ‘politicians’ during a court shutdown? No

September 22, 2017
"Roy Moore fought for pay increases for politicians while courts had to shut down because of lack of funding."
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No, Jared Kushner is not missing after Hurricane Irma demolished Mar-a-Lago

September 11, 2017
"Mar-A-Lago (was) destroyed by (Hurricane) Irma (and) Jared Kushner (is) still missing." 
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Did Reagan and H.W. Bush issue actions similar to DACA, as Al Franken said?

September 8, 2017
"President (Ronald) Reagan did a similar thing. George H.W. Bush did a similar order" as former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or…
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No, Lady Gaga was not arrested for criticizing Melania Trump. That’s fake news

September 6, 2017
Says Lady Gaga was arrested after a confrontation with First Lady Melania Trump.
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Did Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore take $1 million from a charity he ran?

September 5, 2017
In addition to his compensation as a judge, "Roy Moore and his wife (paid themselves) over $1 million from a charity they ran."
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When can the 25th Amendment be used against a president?

August 29, 2017
"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a…
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Republican Senate hopeful’s absurd claim Montana Sen. Jon Tester supports a national gun registry

August 21, 2017
Says Sen. Jon Tester "believes that we should have a national registration so that the people of Montana should have to ask permission before they…
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Did Confederate symbols gain prominence in the civil rights era?

August 15, 2017
"The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
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