PolitiFact | Kasim Reed

The Poynter Institute

English Español

Get PolitiFact in your inbox.

Kasim Reed is Mayor of Atlanta.

True

0%

Mostly True

38%

Half True

0%

Mostly False

0%

False

0%

Pants on Fire

0%

Kasim Reed
stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2016
Kasim Reed
stated on November 17, 2015 in press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

By PolitiFact Staff • November 30, 2015
Kasim Reed
stated on August 11, 2015 in a speech at the Commerce Club:

"Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation."

By Nancy Badertscher • August 19, 2015
Kasim Reed
stated on July 15, 2014 in a press release:

Kasim Reed has kept every promise he made as a candidate.

By April Hunt • August 15, 2014
Kasim Reed
stated on July 29, 2014 in press conference:

"The minimum number of infrastructure (needs) in Atlanta is $900 million."

By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2014

William Perry
stated on March 20, 2013 in newspaper column:

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held not one conversation with the public about the new Falcons stadium project

By Janel Davis • April 1, 2013
Vincent Fort
stated on October 29, 2011 in a newspaper column:

"If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it."

By Eric Stirgus • November 8, 2011
Ralph Long
stated on July 6, 2011 in a press conference:

"The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Education’s oversight of the superintendent."

By Eric Stirgus • July 13, 2011

Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy.

In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.