Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Donald Trump off-base in saying Hillary Clinton will ‘double your taxes’

By Louis Jacobson

October 20, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton's "plan is going to raise taxes and even double your taxes."

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Hillary Clinton says 33,000 Americans die each year from guns

By Louis Jacobson

October 20, 2016

"We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns."

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In N.C. Senate race, claim by Democrat Deborah Ross against GOP’s Richard Burr is misleading

By Louis Jacobson

October 18, 2016

"Sen. (Richard) Burr voted no on the Violence Against Women Act."

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Trump says workers making less, working harder than 20 years ago

By Louis Jacobson

October 17, 2016

"Workers in the United States are making less than they were almost 20 years ago, and yet they are working harder."

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Donald Trump wrongly maligns U.S. chess prowess

By Louis Jacobson

October 14, 2016

"We don't have any" chess grandmasters in the United States.

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Donald Trump off-base in claim about Michelle Obama ad against Hillary Clinton

By Louis Jacobson

October 11, 2016

"I've gotten to see the commercials that they did on you. And I've gotten to see some of the most vicious commercials I've ever seen…

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Donald Trump incorrectly pins Benghazi criticism on Sidney Blumenthal

By Louis Jacobson

October 11, 2016

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect…

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Donald Trump largely accurate that U.S. had biggest increase in murders in 45 years

By Louis Jacobson

October 10, 2016

"We have an increase in murder within our cities, the biggest in 45 years."

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Trump’s Pants on Fire about his early-morning tweet on Alicia Machado

By Louis Jacobson

October 10, 2016

Says a tweet he sent out "wasn’t saying, ‘check out a sex tape.’ It was just ‘take a look at" the background of Alicia Machado.

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Hillary Clinton says a record 90% of Americans have health insurance today

By Louis Jacobson

October 10, 2016

"Right now we are at 90 percent health insurance covered. That's the highest we've ever been in our country."

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Donald Trump has no ‘fiduciary responsibility’ on his personal tax returns, experts say

By Louis Jacobson

October 10, 2016

Says he has "a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required."

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Mike Pence tidies up Donald Trump’s quote about Mexicans as ‘good people’

By Louis Jacobson

October 5, 2016

Says Donald Trump, in his campaign announcement speech, "also said, ‘And many of them (Mexicans) are good people. You keep leaving that out of your…

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