“Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.”
What PolitiFact found
Ruben Gallego's father was arrested for drug crimes when Gallego was a child. Gallego's father left the family when he was young and he said they have rarely spoken. There's no evidence Gallego has "links to the cartel."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kari Lake (U.S. Senate candidate) made this claim around 27 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 October 2024, 13 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Kari Lake has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- newsmaxtv.comhttps://www.newsmaxtv.com/Shows/Greg-Kelly-Reports/vid/148123b0-7d44-11ef-be14-83a3124175…
Links recorded by PolitiFact. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.