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Elections

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris takes a selfie with a patron at a campaign stop at Famous 4th Street Delicatessen in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP)

By PolitiFact Staff October 23, 2024

PolitiFact will fact-check Vice President Kamala Harris on CNN as she speaks with voters in a town hall outside of Philadelphia. The event starts at 9 p.m. ET.

Former President Donald Trump was invited to hold a town hall on the network but declined. There are no future debates planned for the campaign.

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Live Harris town hall fact-checks

See links in the live blog for sources.

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

Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 11, 2024 in Interview:

Says opponent Eric Hovde “supports a $4 trillion tax plan that would disproportionately advantage the well-off and profitable corporations”

By Laura Schulte • October 24, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 23, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on October 18, 2024 in an X post:

"Reports from Whitfield County, GA that Dominion machines are flipping votes. This is exactly the kind of fraud we saw in 2020."

By Loreben Tuquero • October 23, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“BREAKING: Diddy hospitalized after being jumped in prison.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 23, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Liberal woman films herself eating dog food” because she said, “I’m eating dog food until Kamala is president.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 23, 2024
X posts
stated on October 19, 2024 in a post:

Michigan has “more registered voters than eligible citizens. This creates a huge risk of election fraud.”

By Sara Swann • October 23, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad:

Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in a post:

“Breaking: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Dominion voting systems will NOT operate in the state of Florida. ”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 23, 2024
JD Vance
stated on September 17, 2024 in comments made at a campaign rally:

“We're bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don't have the legal right to be in our country.”

By Sam Whitehead • October 23, 2024
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate:

“There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024