Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Beto O’Rourke on target about scale of Democratic surge in Texas in 2018

By Louis Jacobson

June 24, 2019

In 2018, when he ran for senator, "young voter turnout in early voting was up 500%. We won more votes than any Democrat has in…

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Are migrants with diseases like Ebola being dumped in San Antonio? No

By Louis Jacobson

June 12, 2019

"Disease-ridden" migrants from parts of Africa with Ebola are being "dumped in San Antonio."  

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Bernie Sanders oversimplifies record on Hyde Amendment

By Louis Jacobson

June 11, 2019

"I have consistently voted against the Hyde Amendment."

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Kirsten Gillibrand wrong about Donald Trump and bump stocks

By Louis Jacobson

June 6, 2019

"Remember after the shooting in Las Vegas, (President Donald Trump) said, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to ban the bump stocks.’ Did he ban the bump…

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Is Donald Trump the most transparent president ever? No

By Louis Jacobson

June 4, 2019

"There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent."

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What counts as a high crime or misdemeanor for impeachment? Justin Amash got it right

By Louis Jacobson

May 29, 2019

"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates…

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On Colbert, Kamala Harris flubs wage gap statistic

By Louis Jacobson

May 23, 2019

"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."

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No, Pennsylvania special election winner was not in 50-50 race

By Louis Jacobson

May 22, 2019

Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory.

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Donald Trump wrong that Joe Biden abandoned Scranton

By Louis Jacobson

May 21, 2019

Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state."

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Fact-checking Steve Bullock on decline of the American Dream

By Louis Jacobson

May 21, 2019

"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was…

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Yes, U.S. suicides have risen by 30% in past decade and a half

By Louis Jacobson

May 20, 2019

"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."

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The problem with calling Venezuela’s crisis under Maduro a genocide

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

May 16, 2019

Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."

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