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Ignores multiple actions on the underlying bills

Crime

"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, November 20th, 2018

Mostly False

When "walk" means probation

Crime

Says Brendan Kelly "allowed half of the criminals he faced to walk free" and "failed to protect women who were violently assaulted," allowing "those guilty of sexual assault to cut inexcusable plea deals."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, November 5th, 2018

Mostly False

Barely true

Crime

Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, November 1st, 2018

False

Claim falls prey to the facts

Crime

Says "Bob Casey voted in favor of deadly sanctuary cities that released thousands upon thousands of illegal alien criminals and vicious gang members to prey on Pennsylvania streets, to prey all over this country."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 31st, 2018

Mostly False

Congress hasn't voted on shielding MS-13 members

Crime

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, October 25th, 2018

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