Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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China ship

Who pays for US tariffs on Chinese goods? You do

May 14, 2019

Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."

Joe and Hunter Biden

Fact-checking Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and Ukraine

May 7, 2019

When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in…

Trump in Green Bay

Was Donald Trump the target of a coup? No

April 29, 2019

The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."

Kamala town hall

Are a majority of working women earning the minimum wage? No

April 24, 2019

"The majority of women are minimum wage workers."

Truman inauguration

No, Donald Trump is not the first president with low approval amid a good economy

April 23, 2019

"In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism."

Williamson town hall

Was Jimmy Carter the last president to call Israeli settlements illegal?

April 22, 2019

Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal."

Fact check: Are abortion survivors covered by existing laws?

April 19, 2019

"No, we do not have laws in place protecting babies who are born alive as the result of an abortion."

Schultz town hall

Howard Schultz’s flawed swipe at partisan combat over immigration

April 15, 2019

Says presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama each tried to get immigration bills passed, but "it did not work because the other party was…

Buttigieg farmers market

Did South Bend unemployment fall by half under Mayor Pete Buttigieg?

April 10, 2019

"We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg pic for inequality

Has income stalled for the bottom 90% since the 1970s, as Pete Buttigieg said?

April 5, 2019

"Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."

Kamala Harris for teacher pay

Does teacher pay fall short of the living wage in 30 states, as Kamala Harris said?

April 1, 2019

"In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."

Pot plant cutting

Did marijuana use in Colorado spike after legalization?

March 25, 2019

After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption."

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