Loretta Sanchez

Trustee, Chapman University · 1 appearance on the record.

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Loretta Sanchez served for 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Orange County, California (1997–2017), holding senior assignments on the Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees. Alongside her sister Linda, she made history as one of the first pair of sisters to serve concurrently in Congress, later running for U.S. Senate in 2016.

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1 prediction · 3 assertions · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Loretta argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Sanchez: 83,000 Hispanic Americans reach age 18 every month

“And in fact, we know that every month 83,000 Hispanics in our nation turn 18.”

Loretta Sanchez Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:00 a16z Podcast | Latinos and the Tech Economy -- U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Gallego Talk Bridging the Gaps

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted

Sanchez: 90% of Hispanic Americans are native born

“We know that nine out of 10 Hispanics in America are actually born here.”

Loretta Sanchez Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:45 a16z Podcast | Latinos and the Tech Economy -- U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Gallego Talk Bridging the Gaps

What they said5 Episodes1

Everything Loretta Sanchez said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Contradicted

Sanchez: 90% of Hispanic Americans are native born

“We know that nine out of 10 Hispanics in America are actually born here.”

Loretta Sanchez Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:45 a16z Podcast | Latinos and the Tech Economy -- U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Gallego Talk Bridging the Gaps

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Sanchez: Latinos rapidly adopt consumer technologies like iPhones

“We're fast adapters of technology. I mean, I can go into some of the poorest homes that I represent, and it's amazing that their kids have iPhones, and that they're working, and that they're texting, and so we are very good assimilators of the technology that …”

Loretta Sanchez Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:00 a16z Podcast | Latinos and the Tech Economy -- U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Gallego Talk Bridging the Gaps

Insight

Sanchez: Democratic participation inherently makes government processes slow

“The democratic process is that everybody gets their day in court. Everybody gets their chance to petition. Everybody gets their redress of government. Everybody, if you want to participate, you get your ability to participate. So, if that's what we believe dem…”

Loretta Sanchez Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:46 a16z Podcast | Latinos and the Tech Economy -- U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Gallego Talk Bridging the Gaps

Prediction Didn’t hold up

Sanchez: One in four Americans will be Hispanic within a few years

“Well, we know that just in a few years, one out of every four Americans will be of Hispanic descent.”

Loretta Sanchez Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:38 a16z Podcast | Latinos and the Tech Economy -- U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Gallego Talk Bridging the Gaps