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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.
PolitiFact says: Vice President Kamala Harris did not say this quote about the Olympics, her campaign spokesperson said.
PolitiFact says: This video was taken in 2022, so it predates the 2024 Paris Olympics. It shows thousands of people gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady Lourdes in Lourdes, France, for the Feast of the Assumption.
PolitiFact says: Rioters attacked police, destroyed windows and doors, and ransacked offices. The Justice Department charged 452 people with "assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees" in connection with the Jan. 6 riots.
PolitiFact says: Trump has at times in his career that Social Security can be cut, but he has been almost entirely consistent in the 2024 campaign that he will not cut the program if elected.
PolitiFact says: Crime rates under Trump were modest by historical standards — until the pandemic and the response to the murder of George Floyd. Then, crime did spike, but Trump's role was limited.
PolitiFact says: There is no official definition of a "recession" in one sector, but data on manufacturing employment and output shows a downturn beginning in 2019 and lasting through the pandemic's onset.
PolitiFact says: This is a blatantly false mischaracterization of Harris’ background and heritage, and how she has spoken about, and identified with, her race and ethnicity.
PolitiFact says: Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance did not write in his bestselling memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," about having a sexual encounter with a couch.