Latest Fact-checks in Fires Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Fight for the Future stated on August 28, 2018 in in a tweet: "We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters." Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech: Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet: "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean." USA In Front stated on December 11, 2017 in a headline: BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire 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." Doug Ducey stated on April 13, 2016 in a press conference on fire season: "90 percent of fires in Arizona are human-caused."
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Fight for the Future stated on August 28, 2018 in in a tweet: "We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters." Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech: Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet: "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean." USA In Front stated on December 11, 2017 in a headline: BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire 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." Doug Ducey stated on April 13, 2016 in a press conference on fire season: "90 percent of fires in Arizona are human-caused."
Fight for the Future stated on August 28, 2018 in in a tweet: "We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters."
Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech: Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet: "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."
USA In Front stated on December 11, 2017 in a headline: BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire
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."
Doug Ducey stated on April 13, 2016 in a press conference on fire season: "90 percent of fires in Arizona are human-caused."
