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Kamala Harris

Vice President. 63 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2024. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by Washington Post17 Feb 2021United States
Kamala Harris, Vice President

“There was no national strategy or plan for vaccinations. We were leaving it to the states and local leaders to try and figure it out. And so in many ways, we’re starting from scratch on something that’s been raging for almost an entire year!”

Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The Biden administration has sped up the tempo of vaccinations and expanded access, but it has built on concepts left behind by the Trump administration.

Kamala Harris, Democratic vice presidential nominee

“When Abraham Lincoln was faced with a Supreme Court vacancy 27 days before Election Day and his party controlled the Senate, he said the people should vote first.”

PolitiFact rated this: Lincoln's motivations unclear

PolitiFact says: Historians who have studied the relationship between Lincoln and his nominee, Salmon P. Chase, said that Lincoln’s decision may have stemmed from political or logistical reasons rather than high-minded ones.

Kamala Harris, Democratic vice presidential nominee

“When Abraham Lincoln was faced with a Supreme Court vacancy 27 days before Election Day and his party controlled the Senate, he said the people should vote first.”

PolitiFact rated this: Needs context

PolitiFact says: She’s right about the proximity of the chief justice's death to Election Day, but historians can't say for sure whether Lincoln's motivations for a delay were exactly as Harris suggested.

Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator

“Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Obama’s administration initiated at least 25 investigations into law enforcement agencies. Our review of publicly available information showed that there may have been one under Trump.