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Checked by PolitiFact19 Sep 2024United States Politics and government

Kari Lake, U.S. Senate candidate, R-Ariz.

“Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: The CHANGE Act was the 118th bill, resolution or amendment Gallego co-sponsored, not the first.

Checked by FactCheck.org21 Jun 2024United States Politics and government

Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“Kari Lake lost the Arizona governor’s race in 2022 because Maricopa County “machines just happened to be broken” — “only the Republican machines.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Some printers produced ballots that were too light for on-site tabulators, but the ballots could be counted later. There are no "Republican machines." Voters in Maricopa County can go to any vote center.

Checked by PolitiFact17 Mar 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Kari Lake called Trump the “fattest president since Taft” in a 2016 tweet.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: This tweet appears to be doctored. It didn’t appear in multiple searches of archive websites and we didn’t find it searching Lake’s Twitter accounts.