Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Donald Trump’s dubious claim that foreign governments had ‘absolutely no effect’ on election outcome

By Louis Jacobson

January 8, 2017

Activities by foreign governments had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election."

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Website hypes long-shot theory about courts replacing Donald Trump with Hillary Clinton

By Louis Jacobson

December 21, 2016

"Putin Interference Could Give Courts Legal Right to Make Hillary President."

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Websites offer false headlines about treason ‘charges’ for Trump, Comey, others

By Louis Jacobson

December 15, 2016

"Democrats Filing TREASON Charges Against Trump, McConnell, Giuliani, & Comey."

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Website makes dubious claim that GOP will cut Social Security by 50% ‘immediately’

By Louis Jacobson

December 14, 2016

"Republicans Looking To Cut Social Security As Much As 50 percent Immediately."

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Website wrongly says Obama plans to take $3,000 from every American

By Louis Jacobson

December 14, 2016

"Before Leaving, Obama Enacts Rules to Take $3,000 From EVERY American."

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Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory was not a ‘massive landslide’

By Louis Jacobson

December 12, 2016

"We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College."

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweet on Air Force One, Boeing

By Louis Jacobson

December 6, 2016

"Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!"

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Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan

By Louis Jacobson

December 4, 2016

Says Donald Trump "won more counties than any candidate on our side since Ronald Reagan."

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Fox’s Eric Bolling exaggerates shortcomings of Barack Obama’s stimulus

By Louis Jacobson

November 29, 2016

"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling…

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that millions of illegal votes cost him popular vote victory

By Louis Jacobson

November 28, 2016

Says he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally."

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Flint water still has problems, but Michael Moore minimizes progress made

By Louis Jacobson

November 21, 2016

In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned."

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Rand Paul says John Bolton still thinks Iraq War was right decision

By Louis Jacobson

November 17, 2016

Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year that "I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct."

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