Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Barack Obama says sequester would cut vaccinations, cancer screenings for hundreds of thousands

By Louis Jacobson

February 21, 2013

If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."

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Barack Obama says sequestration cuts will be indiscriminate

By Louis Jacobson

February 21, 2013

The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single…

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Wayne LaPierre says Phoenix is ‘one of the kidnapping capitals of the world’

By Louis Jacobson

February 19, 2013

"Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world."

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Barack Obama says the 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years

By Louis Jacobson

February 15, 2013

"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."

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Barack Obama says he’s kept Congress “fully informed” on targeted killings

By Louis Jacobson

February 13, 2013

"Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts" to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.

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Barack Obama touts administration’s border enforcement achievements in State of the Union

By Louis Jacobson

February 13, 2013

Says his administration has made "progress" on border enforcement by "putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history and…

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Marco Rubio says U.S. economy shrank in last quarter of 2012

By Louis Jacobson

February 13, 2013

"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."

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Barack Obama says U.S. has created half million manufacturing jobs in three years

By Louis Jacobson

February 13, 2013

"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."

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D.C. voting-rights post offers hit-and-miss data

By Louis Jacobson

February 6, 2013

"Washington, D.C., now has greater population than Wyoming and Vermont, more active duty military than 29 states, more tax revenue than 29 states (and) a…

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Wayne LaPierre of NRA says “fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in 100 years”

By Louis Jacobson

February 1, 2013

"As a result of National Rifle Association and other private-sector (safety-education) programs, fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in 100 years."

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Dianne Feinstein says one of five law enforcement officers killed are killed by assault weapons

By Louis Jacobson

January 29, 2013

"One out of every five law enforcement officers that's killed is killed with an assault weapon."

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Sean Hannity says under President Barack Obama, 8.3 million fewer Americans are working

By Louis Jacobson

January 25, 2013

Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."

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