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All statements about Kamala Harris

False

Congresswoman way off mark on prison reform measure

Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez

"If you give guns to gangs, you can get out of jail free, if (California’s Proposition 57) passes. If you do a drive-by shooting, you can get out of jail free, if Proposition 57 passes. If you discharge guns on a school yard, you can get out of jail free."

— PolitiFact California on Friday, October 7th, 2016

False

He read the report wrong, authors say

Duf Sundheim
Duf Sundheim

"There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year."

— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Pants on Fire!

Claim is a complete misrepresentation of gun tracking program

Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez

"Nothing was done. I mean, $25 million was spent, but we don’t have that (gun ownership) database."

— PolitiFact California on Thursday, February 4th, 2016

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All statements from Kamala Harris

Mostly True

Correct, though not per capita

Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, January 25th, 2018

True

Data backs up high cost of housing inmates in California

Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."

— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Mostly True

Senator's claim is on target

Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

"Studies have shown Latinos are more than 40 percent less likely to call 911 when they have been a victim of a crime."

— PolitiFact California on Friday, February 24th, 2017

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Claim takes Sanchez record in D.C. out of context

Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

Says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez "has passed one bill in her 20 years in Congress, and that was to rename a post office."

— PolitiFact California on Thursday, October 6th, 2016

Mostly True

Rare understatement by political candidate

Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

"Over the last 40 years, this country’s prison population has grown by 500 percent."

— PolitiFact California on Friday, September 16th, 2016

Mostly True

Harris' figure is close, but outdated

Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

"22 veterans take their own lives each day."

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016

Half-True

He also said it would 'come back up'

Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

Mitt Romney said we should let foreclosures "hit the bottom."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

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