Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Gorka on MSNBC

No, the Obama administration didn’t invent the term ‘lone wolf’ for terrorists

By Louis Jacobson
August 10, 2017
"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."
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North Korean missile

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s misleading tweet about U.S. nuclear arsenal

By Louis Jacobson
August 9, 2017
"My first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before."
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Perdue and Trump

GOP Sen. David Perdue blames Obamacare for leaving behind 300,000 Georgians

By Louis Jacobson
August 3, 2017
Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the…
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Trumpp economic event

Have corporations ‘never made as much money’ as now, as Donald Trump tweeted?

By Louis Jacobson
August 1, 2017
"Corporations have NEVER made as much money as they are making now."
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Donald Trump says ‘business spirit’ is highest it’s ever been, but proof is lacking

By Louis Jacobson
July 31, 2017
"Business spirit is the highest it's ever been, according to polls."
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Gingrich and Bartiromo

Was Barack Obama’s best economic year worse than Bill Clinton’s weakest?

By Louis Jacobson
July 27, 2017
In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."
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Schumer better deal

Yes, Chuck Schumer, oil prices do sometimes fall

By Louis Jacobson
July 25, 2017
"When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down."
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Trump Boy Scout 2

Is Donald Trump right that U.S. just ‘had the best jobs report in 16 years’?

By Louis Jacobson
July 25, 2017
"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."
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McCabe still

In tweet, Donald Trump revives charge of improper ties between Hillary Clinton, acting FBI chief

By Louis Jacobson
July 25, 2017
"The person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from (Hillary Clinton) for wife!"
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Musket reenactment

No, Gretchen Carlson didn’t say 2nd Amendment written before guns invented

By Louis Jacobson
July 24, 2017
Say Gretchen Carlson said, "The 2nd Amendment Was Written Before Guns Were Invented."
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Casey Cagle

Lt. Gov. Cagle says Georgia is No. 1 state for business. Is it?

By Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson
July 19, 2017
Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."
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Pat Robertson interview

Is U.S. liquefied natural gas a game-changer for Russia, Europe?

By Louis Jacobson
July 17, 2017
Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with…
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