Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in The 2018 California Governor's Race Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Gavin Newsom stated on August 17, 2018 in a TV interview: Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border." Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article: "This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas." Travis Allen stated on June 22, 2017 in a campaign video: "I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market." Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release: "The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville." Gavin Newsom stated on December 5, 2015 in a campaign email: "So far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days."
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Gavin Newsom stated on August 17, 2018 in a TV interview: Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border." Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article: "This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas." Travis Allen stated on June 22, 2017 in a campaign video: "I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market." Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release: "The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville." Gavin Newsom stated on December 5, 2015 in a campaign email: "So far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days."
Gavin Newsom stated on August 17, 2018 in a TV interview: Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border."
Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article: "This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."
Travis Allen stated on June 22, 2017 in a campaign video: "I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market."
Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release: "The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."
Gavin Newsom stated on December 5, 2015 in a campaign email: "So far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days."
