Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Klobuchar CNN town hall

Would the 2013 immigration bill have saved $158 billion, as Amy Klobuchar said?

By Louis Jacobson
February 20, 2019
"Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion."
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Trump speech to sheriffs

Donald Trump exaggerates when describing drop in violent crime

By Louis Jacobson
February 14, 2019
"Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while."
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Kamala Harris for tax story

Checking Kamala Harris on tax refunds and the GOP tax law

By Louis Jacobson
February 13, 2019
"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike…
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Beto rally count

Donald Trump swipe at Beto O’Rourke’s crowd size is wrong

By Louis Jacobson
February 12, 2019
Says that at Beto O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso, there were "200 people, 300 people."
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Gowdy on Benghazi panel

Yes, President Trump, Congress also investigated Barack Obama

By Louis Jacobson
February 7, 2019
"The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama."
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Biden for stock buybacks

Did tax law produce virtually no new business investment, as Joe Biden said?

By Louis Jacobson
February 4, 2019
"There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock."
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Kamala Harris campaign launch pic

Are paychecks failing to keep up with inflation?

By Louis Jacobson
January 30, 2019
"The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up."
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Maria Cantwell

Have 7 million Americans become uninsured since 2016?

By Louis Jacobson
January 25, 2019
"7 million more Americans are uninsured now than when President Trump was elected."
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Kamala Harris campaign announcement

Yes, Kamala Harris is eligible to run for president

By Louis Jacobson
January 22, 2019
"Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President."
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Pence on ISIS

Mike Pence wrong that ISIS has been defeated

By Louis Jacobson
January 17, 2019
"The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."
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Lettuce CDC

Did lettuce kill more Americans than undocumented immigrants?

By Louis Jacobson
January 15, 2019
"Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants."
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Border slats

Has the Trump administration spent only 6 percent of border money?

By Louis Jacobson
January 4, 2019
"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."
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