Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Criminal Justice Scott Walker stated on August 7, 2018 in a tweet: "A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%" and "that would require the release of thousands of violent felons." Leah Vukmir stated on June 1, 2018 in a news release: Says Tammy Baldwin's record includes "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools." Ted Lieu stated on June 16, 2018 in a tweet: "Every day over 450,000 Americans sit in jail not because they've been convicted of anything, but because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys." Leah Vukmir stated on October 12, 2017 in an interview: In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked." Andrew Cuomo stated on July 18, 2017 in an article on LinkedIn: "70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults." Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN: "It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend." Jeff Sessions stated on April 28, 2017 in remarks to law enforcement officers in New York: District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported." Sally Hernandez stated on April 18, 2017 in an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs: "FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides." Brad Schimel stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview: In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined." Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI." Lois Kolkhorst stated on February 6, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference: Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not." Sylvia Garcia stated on January 5, 2017 in a press release: Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone." Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate: "What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns." Deborah Ross stated on October 18, 2016 in a campaign ad: "Sen. (Richard) Burr voted no on the Violence Against Women Act." David Jolly stated on September 19, 2016 in a debate: Says Charlie Crist "stood there, over 3 African-American prisoners in chains, on their knees, on the side of the road. Saying that it was a great sight. Saying we needed to bring it to Florida. And you did this — whether you know or not — on the eve of Juneteenth, the day the African-American community celebrates the end of slavery." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct." Gwen Moore stated on August 15, 2016 in an interview: Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country." Edward Flynn stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference: Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country. Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland: "Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years." Mike Rawlings stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference: In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on April 20, 2016 in a radio interview: "Right now, our corrections department charges taxpayers between $30,000 and $40,000 a year per person we lock up," she said. "That’s actually cheap when you compare us to the rest of the country." Louie Gohmert stated on May 10, 2016 in House floor remarks: "Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States." George Holding stated on May 19, 2016 in a debate on WRAL: Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants." John Pagliarini stated on April 11, 2016 in a speech: "You’re in more trouble if you leave your pet in the car than if you leave your child in the car." Ted Cruz stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns." Jeb Bush stated on January 14, 2016 in the Fox Business Network debate: Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now." Greg Abbott stated on November 17, 2015 in Network TV interview: In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already." Bernie Sanders stated on October 28, 2015 in a speech.: "It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia." Greenville Gazette stated on February 1, 2015 in an article: Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed." Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa: "In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."
Scott Walker stated on August 7, 2018 in a tweet: "A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%" and "that would require the release of thousands of violent felons." Leah Vukmir stated on June 1, 2018 in a news release: Says Tammy Baldwin's record includes "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools." Ted Lieu stated on June 16, 2018 in a tweet: "Every day over 450,000 Americans sit in jail not because they've been convicted of anything, but because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys." Leah Vukmir stated on October 12, 2017 in an interview: In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked." Andrew Cuomo stated on July 18, 2017 in an article on LinkedIn: "70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults." Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN: "It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend." Jeff Sessions stated on April 28, 2017 in remarks to law enforcement officers in New York: District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported." Sally Hernandez stated on April 18, 2017 in an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs: "FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides." Brad Schimel stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview: In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined." Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI." Lois Kolkhorst stated on February 6, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference: Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not." Sylvia Garcia stated on January 5, 2017 in a press release: Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone." Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate: "What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns." Deborah Ross stated on October 18, 2016 in a campaign ad: "Sen. (Richard) Burr voted no on the Violence Against Women Act." David Jolly stated on September 19, 2016 in a debate: Says Charlie Crist "stood there, over 3 African-American prisoners in chains, on their knees, on the side of the road. Saying that it was a great sight. Saying we needed to bring it to Florida. And you did this — whether you know or not — on the eve of Juneteenth, the day the African-American community celebrates the end of slavery." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct." Gwen Moore stated on August 15, 2016 in an interview: Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country." Edward Flynn stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference: Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country. Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland: "Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years." Mike Rawlings stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference: In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on April 20, 2016 in a radio interview: "Right now, our corrections department charges taxpayers between $30,000 and $40,000 a year per person we lock up," she said. "That’s actually cheap when you compare us to the rest of the country." Louie Gohmert stated on May 10, 2016 in House floor remarks: "Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States." George Holding stated on May 19, 2016 in a debate on WRAL: Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants." John Pagliarini stated on April 11, 2016 in a speech: "You’re in more trouble if you leave your pet in the car than if you leave your child in the car." Ted Cruz stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns." Jeb Bush stated on January 14, 2016 in the Fox Business Network debate: Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now." Greg Abbott stated on November 17, 2015 in Network TV interview: In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already." Bernie Sanders stated on October 28, 2015 in a speech.: "It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia." Greenville Gazette stated on February 1, 2015 in an article: Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed." Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa: "In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."
Scott Walker stated on August 7, 2018 in a tweet: "A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%" and "that would require the release of thousands of violent felons."
Leah Vukmir stated on June 1, 2018 in a news release: Says Tammy Baldwin's record includes "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools."
Ted Lieu stated on June 16, 2018 in a tweet: "Every day over 450,000 Americans sit in jail not because they've been convicted of anything, but because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys."
Leah Vukmir stated on October 12, 2017 in an interview: In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked."
Andrew Cuomo stated on July 18, 2017 in an article on LinkedIn: "70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults."
Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN: "It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."
Jeff Sessions stated on April 28, 2017 in remarks to law enforcement officers in New York: District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported."
Sally Hernandez stated on April 18, 2017 in an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs: "FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides."
Brad Schimel stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview: In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."
Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI."
Lois Kolkhorst stated on February 6, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference: Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not."
Sylvia Garcia stated on January 5, 2017 in a press release: Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate: "What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns."
Deborah Ross stated on October 18, 2016 in a campaign ad: "Sen. (Richard) Burr voted no on the Violence Against Women Act."
David Jolly stated on September 19, 2016 in a debate: Says Charlie Crist "stood there, over 3 African-American prisoners in chains, on their knees, on the side of the road. Saying that it was a great sight. Saying we needed to bring it to Florida. And you did this — whether you know or not — on the eve of Juneteenth, the day the African-American community celebrates the end of slavery."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."
Gwen Moore stated on August 15, 2016 in an interview: Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country."
Edward Flynn stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference: Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country.
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland: "Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."
Mike Rawlings stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference: In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on April 20, 2016 in a radio interview: "Right now, our corrections department charges taxpayers between $30,000 and $40,000 a year per person we lock up," she said. "That’s actually cheap when you compare us to the rest of the country."
Louie Gohmert stated on May 10, 2016 in House floor remarks: "Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States."
George Holding stated on May 19, 2016 in a debate on WRAL: Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants."
John Pagliarini stated on April 11, 2016 in a speech: "You’re in more trouble if you leave your pet in the car than if you leave your child in the car."
Ted Cruz stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."
Jeb Bush stated on January 14, 2016 in the Fox Business Network debate: Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."
Greg Abbott stated on November 17, 2015 in Network TV interview: In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 28, 2015 in a speech.: "It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia."
Greenville Gazette stated on February 1, 2015 in an article: Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."
Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa: "In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."