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PolitiFact Pennsvylania Staff Writer

Jessica Calefati is the PolitiFact Pennsylvania staff writer and a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Featured Statements

Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2020 in a speech:

Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."

By Jessica Calefati • September 25, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech:

“I am not banning fracking.”

By Jessica Calefati • September 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 in a rally:

Says Joe Biden “abandoned Scranton.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 29, 2020
Mike Pence
stated on July 29, 2020 in an email:

The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years.

By Jessica Calefati • August 14, 2020
Cory Booker
stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview:

Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 13, 2020
Bob Casey
stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview:

Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 4, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech:

“Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 24, 2020
Mike Kelly
stated on July 14, 2020 in a campaign call:

Says Joe Biden proposed “killing over 600,000 jobs supported by fracking.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 21, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech:

On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 11, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech in Dunmore, Pa.:

"Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation."

By Jessica Calefati • July 10, 2020