Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Fact-checking Rick Scott and the risk to pre-existing condition protections

By Louis Jacobson

September 12, 2018

"Nearly 7 million Floridians have pre-existing conditions — but Rick Scott and Florida Republicans wants to take away their health care coverage by ending the…

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Will Trump, GOP create more debt in one year than in first 200 years of U.S.?

By Louis Jacobson

September 12, 2018

"President Trump’s Republican Party will create more debt in one year than was generated in the first 200 years of America’s existence."

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Was Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address initially ridiculed, as Donald Trump said?

By Louis Jacobson

September 7, 2018

"When Abraham Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address speech, the great speech, do you know he was ridiculed? He was ridiculed."

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Donald Trump inaccurately describes libel law

By Louis Jacobson

September 5, 2018

"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of…

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No, 96% of Google news stories on Trump aren’t from left-wing outlets

By Louis Jacobson

August 29, 2018

Says "96 percent of (Google News) results on ‘Trump News’ are from National Left-Wing Media."

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Did the U.S. have a record tax haul after Trump tax cuts spurred economic growth?

By Louis Jacobson

August 17, 2018

"U.S. government reports record tax haul after Trump tax cuts spur economic growth."

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Is Texas one of the nation’s most gerrymandered states, as Beto O’Rourke said?

By Louis Jacobson

August 16, 2018

"Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."

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White House off-base comparing African-American job growth under Obama, Trump

By Louis Jacobson

August 15, 2018

"President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did (for African-American employment) in eight years."

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Is Josh Hawley the only state AG going after tech giants?

By Louis Jacobson

August 14, 2018

"I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."

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Do players get most of NFL revenues, as Donald Trump says?

By Louis Jacobson

August 13, 2018

"Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."

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No, the Nazi platform did not echo the Democratic platform, as Donald Trump Jr. said

By Louis Jacobson

August 3, 2018

"You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those…

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Did conservative study show big savings for Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan?

By Louis Jacobson

August 3, 2018

Says the Koch Brothers sponsored "a study that shows that Medicare for All would save the American people $2 trillion over a 10-year period."

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