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2024 election fact-checks: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump on campaign trail

Elections

(Ellen Hine / PolitiFact)

By PolitiFact Staff October 15, 2024

PolitiFact is fact-checking the run-up to Election Day 2024. Follow along for our latest updates, fact-checks and stories.

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stated on December 8, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

false

false

Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

pants-fire

pants-fire

David Menchetti

stated on November 28, 2016 in testimony before the Illinois House Labor and Commerce Committee:

"The causation standard in Indiana is exactly the same as it is in Illinois."

true

true

stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

half-true

half-true

stated on November 17, 2015 in press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

mostly-true

mostly-true

NextGen Climate Action Committee

stated on August 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

half-true

half-true

Georgia Department of Transportation

stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release:

The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."

false

false

Republican National Committee

stated on June 5, 2008 in in a news release:

Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.

false

false

TikTok posts
stated on October 9, 2024 in a TikTok post:

Video clips show Hurricane Milton hitting Florida “with wind speed 185 mph as Category 5”

By Mia Penner • October 15, 2024
Coalition to Protect Kids NY
stated on September 29, 2024 in a campaign website:

"The ERA could also mandate that schools allow biological males to compete in girls' sports."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 15, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2024 in a post:

Photos show that Disney World was “destroyed by Hurricane Milton.”

By Sara Swann • October 14, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 8, 2024 in a Threads post:

"Kid Rock heads to North Carolina with Millions in supplies. Taylor Swift Nowhere to be Found.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 13, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”

By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 10, 2024 in a post:

“Hurricane Nadine” was on a path to hit Florida on Oct. 10.

By Sara Swann • October 12, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

Vice President Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” interview may be “a major Campaign Finance Violation.”

By Sara Swann • October 12, 2024
WinSenate
stated on September 3, 2024 in a Meta ad:

“Dave McCormick is fully against abortion.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 12, 2024
Terence Everitt
stated on October 11, 2024 in a campaign advertisement:

Republican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.”

By Paul Specht • October 12, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 10, 2024 in a post:

“Univision accidentally shows that Kamala Harris is reading from a teleprompter live on air.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 11, 2024