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"If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you ... — Donald Trump
"15,000 troops will not see their families for #Thanksgiving because of @realDonaldTrump’s Scaravan Stunt. ... — Eric Swalwell
"In the House, Republicans dramatically outperformed historical precedents." — Donald Trump
"This election marks the largest Senate gains for a president's party in a first ... — Donald Trump
Says "Kurt Russell supports Trump" by wearing a Trump T-shirt. — Bloggers
"Judicial Watch reports show 1.7 million California votes are not registered voters!" — Bloggers
Says Brendan Kelly "allowed half of the criminals he faced to walk free" and ... — Mike Bost
Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot "voted to cut health care for kids, affecting ... — House Majority PAC
Says he didn't support the lawsuit to repeal the Affordable Care Act. — Mike Braun
Says New York Rep. John Faso "cast the deciding vote" to try to kill health ... — Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including ... — Environmental Defense Fund Action
"Attention hunters: Voting in North Dakota could cost you your out-of-state hunting licenses." — North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
"The Democrat plan would just obliterate Medicare and terminate Medicare Advantage ... seniors who ... — Donald Trump
Says Maine Democrat Jared Golden "supports using your Social Security to fund other government ... — National Republican Congressional Committee
"Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him ... — Donald Trump

The Latest from PolitiFact California

Majority of those polled are in support

Donald Trump

"Even in California now, they don’t want to be sanctuary cities anymore. They want out."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 15th, 2018

Roughly half have been deployed

Eric Swalwell

"15,000 troops will not see their families for #Thanksgiving because of @realDonaldTrump’s Scaravan Stunt. Oh yeah, it’s also costing you 200 million dollars."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, November 15th, 2018

Claim distorts complex set of fire causes

Donald Trump

"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."

— PolitiFact California on Monday, November 12th, 2018

Ad distorts the facts

Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck

Says Tony Thurmond was "sued by the ACLU" for leaving students in unsafe conditions.

— PolitiFact California on Monday, November 5th, 2018

Thurmond not subject of reprimand

Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck

Says Tony Thurmond was "Reprimanded by the Obama Administration for failing to address widespread sexual harassment and assault in district schools."

— PolitiFact California on Monday, November 5th, 2018

Ad misleads with photo of Betsy DeVos

Tony Thurmond

Says Marshall Tuck "is backed by Donald Trump’s education advisor" pictured as Betsy DeVos.

— PolitiFact California on Monday, November 5th, 2018

Blown out of proportion

Gil Cisneros

Says California Republican Young Kim is "a tax cheat" who "illegally claimed a $7,000 annual homestead exemption on a house she wasn’t living in," had "multiple tax liens placed on her" as a result and "owes over $10,000 in unpaid federal income taxes."

— PolitiFact California on Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Under U.S. law, neither group can back him

Duncan Hunter

Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, November 1st, 2018

Claim leaves out key information

Ricardo Lara

As California's Insurance Commissioner, "Steve Poizner pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance."

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

Zero evidence of riots

Donald Trump

In California, "they're rioting now" over sanctuary cities.

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

Porter never said that

Mimi Walters

Says Katie Porter is part of a "radical group of Democrats with an extreme agenda to abolish ICE."

— PolitiFact California on Monday, October 22nd, 2018

"Age tax" is misleading

House Majority PAC

Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

Numbers right, but what does it mean?

House Majority PAC

Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "votes with Donald Trump 99 percent of the time."

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

Don't blame Trump, Duterte

Gavin Newsom

"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 9th, 2018

Claim ignores key accomplishments

John Cox

Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."

— PolitiFact California on Monday, October 8th, 2018

Claim leaves out key information

Yes on 10 campaign

California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"

— PolitiFact California on Friday, October 5th, 2018

Overall population continues to grow

Ted Cruz

California "is hemorrhaging population."

— PolitiFact California on Friday, September 28th, 2018

Credible studies back sad statistic

Gavin Newsom

"Close to half of the children" in California are "at or near poverty," when you consider cost-of-living.

— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, September 19th, 2018

She didn't say that

Viral image

Says Nancy Pelosi said, "Building a wall will violate the rights of millions of illegals."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

A bit over half do own stocks

Ro Khanna

"Most Americans don’t own stocks."

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018