Retired sideline reporter and US Senate hopeful Michele Tafoya became an easy target for fact checkers on Thursday night when she made a questionable claim about Democrat-led California. 'Almost 30 percent of Californians are homeless on any given night,' she told Greg Gutfeld, celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky, actor Zachary Levi and contributor Kat Timpf on Fox News. The 61-year-old Tafoya, who is running as in Minnesota as a Republican, did walk that figure back slightly. 'I think it's 28 percent, so close to 30 percent of their population is homeless on any given night,' she said. UPDATE: Here's the video of Michele Tafoya's false claim that "almost 30 percent of Californians are homeless".

Source: Daily Mail February 28, 2026 13:22 UTC