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Search results for "A shooting at a library in Northern California left two people dead"

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Viral image stated on August 08, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
Says a crisis actor played the parts of a shooting victim and the mothers of shooting victims in Las Vegas, Orlando and Thousand Oaks.  
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2019
Barack Obama stated on May 23, 2013 in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.:
Says that since he took office, "there have been no large-scale attacks on the United States."
By Louis Jacobson• May 24, 2013
Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2016 in a speech on energy policy:
In California, "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 31, 2016
Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2019 in a campaign ad:
California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."
By Chris Nichols• December 18, 2019
Viral image stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat.
By Samantha Putterman• May 23, 2019
Jeff Greenfield stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet:
"In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1."
By Tom Kertscher• February 15, 2018
USA In Front stated on December 11, 2017 in a headline:
BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire
By Chris Nichols• December 20, 2017
Viral image stated on March 13, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photos show former CNN correspondent Barbara Starr “on the scene as a witness crisis actor,” proving mass shootings were staged.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 22, 2024
Principled PAC stated on June 18, 2017 in an ad:
"The same unhinged leftists cheering last week's shooting are all backing Jon Ossoff." 
By John Kruzel• June 19, 2017
Viral image stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023
Bloggers stated on July 17, 2018 in a fake news blog post:
"Clint Eastwood Leaves His Estate To The Trump 2020 Campaign"  
By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2018
Robert Reich stated on June 08, 2013 in a blog post:
Says in Texas "it's legal to shoot someone who's committing a ‘public nuisance’ under the cover of dark."
By Sue Owen• July 18, 2013
Adam Kinzinger stated on August 09, 2019 in a TV interview:
"97% of murders occur with handguns."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• August 15, 2019
Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article:
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
By Chris Nichols• October 20, 2017
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2018 in a tweet:
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."
By Chris Nichols• November 12, 2018
Alyssa Milano stated on November 05, 2017 in a tweet:
"There are no background checks on long guns (AR15s) in Texas."
By Miriam Valverde• November 6, 2017
Instagram posts stated on June 04, 2022 in an Instagram post:
White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California.
By Jeff Cercone• June 8, 2022
Bloggers stated on July 06, 2017 in a blog post:
"Kim Jong Un dead: North Koreans calling Trump an assassin"
By Miriam Valverde• July 20, 2017
Steve Adler stated on June 14, 2016 in an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM:
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 09, 2019 in a tweet:
California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."
By Chris Nichols• January 9, 2019

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By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2018

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By Amy Sherman• February 16, 2024

Examining Jerry Brown’s veto of California wildfire legislation and the criticism of it

By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2018

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'

By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024

All of PolitiFact California’s fact checks on gun violence

By Chris Nichols• February 23, 2018

Fact-checker’s guide to Hillary Clinton's UC Davis speech

By Chris Nichols• October 12, 2017

Fact-checking the March For Our Lives

By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 24, 2018

The list of 78 terror attacks the White House says the media didn’t cover — but they did

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017

In the wake of nation's latest mass shooting, what we know about guns from five fact-checks

By D.L. Davis, Tom Kertscher• November 9, 2018

How is a ‘mass shooting’ defined?

By Chris Nichols• October 4, 2017

Trump Administration Approves California Fire Assistance, One Day After Rejecting It

By Chris Nichols• October 16, 2020

False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022

How are school shootings defined?

By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2018

After Calling U.S. Capitol Insurrection ‘First Shots Against Tyranny,’ Calif. Lawmaker Backtracks

By Chris Nichols• January 12, 2021

What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories

By Daniel Funke• February 2, 2021

Provocative Trump ad gives wrong impression on immigrants

By Chris Nichols• January 23, 2018

Truth-O-Meter has checked gun claims by NJ Democrats

By Caryn Shinske• January 16, 2013

Charlie Kirk is dead after being shot at a Utah college event. What we know

By Grace Abels, Katie Sanders• September 10, 2025