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Chris Nichols

By Chris Nichols October 27, 2016

By Melody Stone October 27, 2016

PolitiFact California Fact Checks

stated on August 31, 2021 in a CNN interview:

“I don’t believe the science suggests that young people should be vaccinated. I don’t believe that young people should have to wear masks at school. I’m not sure the science is settled on that at all.”

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false

stated on August 19, 2021 in a tweet:

“California voters to be able to download ballots at home for recall election, sparking security concerns.”

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barely-true

stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC:

"Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed."

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mostly-true

stated on May 4, 2021 in a campaign press conference:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “just let 76,000 inmates out of jail."

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false

stated on April 26, 2021 in a tweet:

“San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year.”

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true

stated on March 9, 2021 in a State of the State Address:

“California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.”

half-true

half-true

stated on March 2, 2021 in a constituent email.:

Voting-rights legislation proposed by Democrats in Congress called H.R. 1 “would force states to restore the voting rights of convicted felons—including violent felons convicted of murder or rape.”

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half-true

stated on February 15, 2021 in a tweet:

“So California is requiring signature verification for Gavin Newsom’s recall, but didn’t require it for the mail in ballots.”

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pants-fire

stated on February 9, 2021 in a press release:

Raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.”

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false

stated on January 28, 2021 in a blog:

Facebook tried to “shut down” the campaign to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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false

stated on January 12, 2021 in a press conference:

The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "a coup."

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pants-fire

stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet:

"Antifa" is to blame for storming the U.S. Capitol.

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pants-fire

stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:

There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge.

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James Gallagher

stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:

“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”

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false

stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet:

Video shows California election workers "cheating" by collecting ballots from drop box on Nov. 4.

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false

Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places.

By Sofia Ahmed • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 in X posts:

President Joe Biden “did a campaign ad at the graves in Arlington in 2020.”

By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 16, 2024 in a video:

Video shows “Kamala Harris describing how she can ruin lives with the 'swipe of a pen.’"

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a post:

Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!”

By Sara Swann • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“There’s no such thing as menopause.”

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Hollywood actor Kurt Russell just said: ‘It is now proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden CHEATED in the 2020 election with mail-in ballots.’”

By Caleb McCullough • August 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Kurt Russell forms a new non-woke actors alliance with Roseanne Barr and Tim Allen.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 23, 2024 in an X post:

Photo of former President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post:

C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024