Latest True Fact-checks in Crime Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.” Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance: “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.” Kelda Helen Roys stated on February 1, 2024 in Public appearance: Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Levar Stoney stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.: “In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.” Cavalier Johnson stated on April 9, 2022 in TV interview: In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.” Eric Toney stated on April 14, 2022 in News release: The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA." Keith Pekau stated on April 11, 2022 in in a campaign advertisement: We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years. Ted Cruz stated on February 16, 2022 in a committee meeting: "In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world." NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision stated on November 8, 2021 in a news release: New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state” Sherrod Brown stated on January 8, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters: Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists. Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings” Sunny Hostin stated on July 15, 2020 in an episode of ABC's "The View": “Homicides are intraracial. When you look at white-on-white crime, it's 84%. Right? Homicides. White people kill white people.” Rob Hutton stated on December 4, 2019 in a radio interview: A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence." Cory Booker stated on July 5, 2019 in an interview: "In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined." Gavin Newsom stated on March 13, 2019 in a news conference: California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida." Silvestre Reyes stated on May 22, 2012 in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests." Justin Nelson stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet: Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment." Dan Patrick stated on May 20, 2018 in an interview on ABC News, "This Week": "It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child." 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)." Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2017 in a speech: "It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year." Charles Schumer stated on May 18, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office." Thomas Croci stated on April 27, 2017 in a press release: In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July Gwen Moore stated on November 18, 2016 in an interview: Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine." Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder stated on October 17, 2016 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman: Texas spends "more per day to house an inmate than we do on a student." Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate: "In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings." Charlie Crist stated on September 19, 2016 in a debate: "In the mid 1990s, in our state, (Florida was) No. 1 in violent crime in America. ... The only concern I had was for the citizens of Florida, who were subjected to a violent crime every three minutes and 45 seconds." Charley Wilkison stated on July 15, 2016 in an interview with Laura Rice for the Texas Standard: "Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."
Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.” Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance: “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.” Kelda Helen Roys stated on February 1, 2024 in Public appearance: Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Levar Stoney stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.: “In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.” Cavalier Johnson stated on April 9, 2022 in TV interview: In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.” Eric Toney stated on April 14, 2022 in News release: The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA." Keith Pekau stated on April 11, 2022 in in a campaign advertisement: We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years. Ted Cruz stated on February 16, 2022 in a committee meeting: "In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world." NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision stated on November 8, 2021 in a news release: New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state” Sherrod Brown stated on January 8, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters: Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists. Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings” Sunny Hostin stated on July 15, 2020 in an episode of ABC's "The View": “Homicides are intraracial. When you look at white-on-white crime, it's 84%. Right? Homicides. White people kill white people.” Rob Hutton stated on December 4, 2019 in a radio interview: A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence." Cory Booker stated on July 5, 2019 in an interview: "In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined." Gavin Newsom stated on March 13, 2019 in a news conference: California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida." Silvestre Reyes stated on May 22, 2012 in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests." Justin Nelson stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet: Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment." Dan Patrick stated on May 20, 2018 in an interview on ABC News, "This Week": "It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child." 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)." Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2017 in a speech: "It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year." Charles Schumer stated on May 18, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office." Thomas Croci stated on April 27, 2017 in a press release: In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July Gwen Moore stated on November 18, 2016 in an interview: Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine." Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder stated on October 17, 2016 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman: Texas spends "more per day to house an inmate than we do on a student." Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate: "In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings." Charlie Crist stated on September 19, 2016 in a debate: "In the mid 1990s, in our state, (Florida was) No. 1 in violent crime in America. ... The only concern I had was for the citizens of Florida, who were subjected to a violent crime every three minutes and 45 seconds." Charley Wilkison stated on July 15, 2016 in an interview with Laura Rice for the Texas Standard: "Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."
Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance: “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
Kelda Helen Roys stated on February 1, 2024 in Public appearance: Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.”
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
Levar Stoney stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.: “In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
Cavalier Johnson stated on April 9, 2022 in TV interview: In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.”
Eric Toney stated on April 14, 2022 in News release: The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA."
Keith Pekau stated on April 11, 2022 in in a campaign advertisement: We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years.
Ted Cruz stated on February 16, 2022 in a committee meeting: "In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision stated on November 8, 2021 in a news release: New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state”
Sherrod Brown stated on January 8, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters: Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”
Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists.
Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings”
Sunny Hostin stated on July 15, 2020 in an episode of ABC's "The View": “Homicides are intraracial. When you look at white-on-white crime, it's 84%. Right? Homicides. White people kill white people.”
Rob Hutton stated on December 4, 2019 in a radio interview: A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."
Cory Booker stated on July 5, 2019 in an interview: "In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined."
Gavin Newsom stated on March 13, 2019 in a news conference: California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida."
Silvestre Reyes stated on May 22, 2012 in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."
Justin Nelson stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet: Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."
Dan Patrick stated on May 20, 2018 in an interview on ABC News, "This Week": "It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child."
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)."
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2017 in a speech: "It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."
Charles Schumer stated on May 18, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office."
Thomas Croci stated on April 27, 2017 in a press release: In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July
Gwen Moore stated on November 18, 2016 in an interview: Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder stated on October 17, 2016 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman: Texas spends "more per day to house an inmate than we do on a student."
Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate: "In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings."
Charlie Crist stated on September 19, 2016 in a debate: "In the mid 1990s, in our state, (Florida was) No. 1 in violent crime in America. ... The only concern I had was for the citizens of Florida, who were subjected to a violent crime every three minutes and 45 seconds."
Charley Wilkison stated on July 15, 2016 in an interview with Laura Rice for the Texas Standard: "Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."
