Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Fact-checking Barack Obama on the Senate filibuster

By Louis Jacobson

June 2, 2021

“The filibuster, if it does not get reformed, still means that maybe 30% of the population potentially controls the majority of Senate seats.”

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Joe Biden exaggerates U.S. rank in world coronavirus vaccinations

By Louis Jacobson

May 28, 2021

“Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.”

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Social media post exaggerates economic statistics

By Louis Jacobson , Miriam Valverde

May 26, 2021

“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”

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Xavier Becerra is wrong that no law addresses partial-birth abortion

By Louis Jacobson

May 19, 2021

"There is no law that deals specifically with the term ‘partial-birth abortion.’”

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Did U.S. pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine help or harm vaccine confidence? Evidence is mixed

By Louis Jacobson

May 14, 2021

“The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.

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Fact-checking Biden’s claim about hunger ‘sharply’ dropping

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

May 10, 2021

After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”

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Chris Christie exaggerates about Joe Biden capital-gains tax proposal

By Louis Jacobson

May 6, 2021

"Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or…

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Janet Yellen partly correct about corporate income, GDP

By Louis Jacobson

May 3, 2021

“Corporate income has increased as a share of” gross domestic product.

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No proof of military equipment giveaway soaring under Biden, as BLM claimed

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

April 27, 2021

“Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did.”

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About 66% of U.S. public thinks Joe Biden is the legitimate president, not 30%

By Louis Jacobson

April 27, 2021

“70% of Americans don't believe a word the mainstream media puts out,” so “everyone who thinks Biden won are only 30% of the population.”

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Ted Cruz’s dubious claim that GOP didn’t “rig” SCOTUS confirmations

By Brandon Mulder , Louis Jacobson

April 27, 2021

“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”

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Pete Buttigieg is right: Racism shaped some urban highways

By Louis Jacobson

April 15, 2021

“There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”

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