“The first bill we proposed to Congress was to fix our broken immigration system, knowing that if you want to actually fix it, we need Congress to act. It was not taken up.”
Washington Post says: This was not a border security bill
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Washington Post says: This was not a border security bill
FactCheck.org says: The ad cites an analysis of the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That's not Harris' plan.
PolitiFact says: In 2019, Harris marked the yes box on a questionnaire about decriminalizing all drug possession for personal use. But her response was about marijuana. In her 2024 campaign, she has called fentanyl a scourge.
FactCheck.org says: The “vast majority” of the 13,099 entered the U.S. and had their custody status determined before the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security. They also gained entry legally and illegally.
PolitiFact says: Donald Trump received the present-day equivalent of $413 million from his father or his father’s estate over the course of his lifetime, but only a fraction was available to him when he "started out."
FactCheck.org says: There were nine murders in 2023. That’s an 80% increase from 2021 — but one fewer than the 10 murders in 2020, when Trump was president. There's no evidence that immigrants are responsible for committing murders.
PolitiFact says: Trump's campaign said he was referring to a proposal in the Senate to register women for the draft. That idea, which hasn't passed yet, wouldn't reinstitute an actual draft. And Harris hasn't commented on the proposal.
PolitiFact says: Travis Kelce made no such post; the image was fabricated.
FactCheck.org says: There is no basis for the claim and the posts are repeats of unfounded claims made about Trump’s previous political adversaries before or after debates.
PolitiFact says: Vice President Kamala Harris’ earrings were a different design than the NOVA H1 audio earrings.
FactCheck.org says: In Biden’s first two years in office, there was a gain of 754,000 manufacturing jobs. But as was the case under Trump, manufacturing job growth stalled in Biden’s third year in office.
PolitiFact says: The Trump campaign pointed to data about children who came to the U.S. alone without a parent or guardian. Those children were not separated from their parents by U.S. border officials.
PolitiFact says: Communism and Marxism experts said Vice President Kamala Harris’ positions do not align with those philosophies. Harris is not against private home or business ownership, for example.
PolitiFact says: The claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was fired from McDonald's for stealing originated from a satirical website.
FactCheck.org says: None of the proposals she has supported would permit “mass amnesty and citizenship” for “all illegals … even criminals.” Those with a felony or three or more misdemeanors would be ineligible for a path to citizenship.
FactCheck.org says: Harris was tasked with addressing the root causes of migration from three countries in Central America. She was not put in charge of U.S. border security. All of those encountered at the border are not still here.
FactCheck.org says: Harris said that young climate leaders had spoken to her about “climate change anxiety,” which included their concerns about having kids in the future. But she did not endorse the notion of not having children.
PolitiFact says: Vice President Kamala Harris was born in 1964 in Oakland, California. Harris lived in Canada from ages 12 to 18. She moved back to the United States after finishing high school.
FactCheck.org says: Harris once said she supported encouraging and incentivizing Americans to eat better, but she did not say she would restrict how much red meat is consumed.