Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Crime JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.” Republican Governors Association stated on June 24, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: “On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.” Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz.: “There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.” Kamala Harris stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation: “As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.” Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.” Nick LaLota stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post: Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.” Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union": “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.” X posts stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet: “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk. Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.” Kris Mayes stated on September 28, 2022 in a debate: “We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.” Charlie Crist stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate: "Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor." Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips Herschel Walker stated on September 28, 2022 in an ad: Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding." CatholicVote stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad: Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.” Ron Johnson stated on May 11, 2022 in News release: In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.” Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter: On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.” Marsha Blackburn stated on March 21, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.” Richard Irvin stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: "In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%." Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts: “Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.” Viral image stated on September 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.” Viral image stated on June 21, 2021 in a viral image: “A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6. X posts stated on May 30, 2021 in a Twitter post: “Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech: “If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up." Ron Johnson stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech: “There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.” Erick Erickson stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says Raphael Warnock "ran over his wife" and was "arrested for obstructing an investigation into child abuse."
JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.” Republican Governors Association stated on June 24, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: “On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.” Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz.: “There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.” Kamala Harris stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation: “As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.” Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.” Nick LaLota stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post: Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.” Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union": “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.” X posts stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet: “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk. Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.” Kris Mayes stated on September 28, 2022 in a debate: “We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.” Charlie Crist stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate: "Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor." Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips Herschel Walker stated on September 28, 2022 in an ad: Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding." CatholicVote stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad: Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.” Ron Johnson stated on May 11, 2022 in News release: In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.” Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter: On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.” Marsha Blackburn stated on March 21, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.” Richard Irvin stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: "In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%." Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts: “Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.” Viral image stated on September 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.” Viral image stated on June 21, 2021 in a viral image: “A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6. X posts stated on May 30, 2021 in a Twitter post: “Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech: “If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up." Ron Johnson stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech: “There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.” Erick Erickson stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says Raphael Warnock "ran over his wife" and was "arrested for obstructing an investigation into child abuse."
JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.”
Republican Governors Association stated on June 24, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: “On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.”
Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz.: “There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”
Kamala Harris stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation: “As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
Nick LaLota stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post: Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union": “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
X posts stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet: “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.
Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
Kris Mayes stated on September 28, 2022 in a debate: “We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.”
Charlie Crist stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate: "Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."
Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Herschel Walker stated on September 28, 2022 in an ad: Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding."
CatholicVote stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad: Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”
Ron Johnson stated on May 11, 2022 in News release: In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter: On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Marsha Blackburn stated on March 21, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.”
Richard Irvin stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: "In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%."
Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts: “Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
Viral image stated on September 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”
Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”
Viral image stated on June 21, 2021 in a viral image: “A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6.
X posts stated on May 30, 2021 in a Twitter post: “Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”
Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech: “If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
Ron Johnson stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech: “There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”
Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”
Erick Erickson stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says Raphael Warnock "ran over his wife" and was "arrested for obstructing an investigation into child abuse."
