Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Donald Trump wrong that crime stats exclude 30% of cities, including the “biggest and most violent”

By Louis Jacobson

June 18, 2024

Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.”

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Eric Swalwell misquotes Lindsey Graham on Donald Trump’s deportation plans

By Louis Jacobson

June 10, 2024

Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”

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Did Donald Trump oversee the biggest-ever one-year rise in murders?

By Louis Jacobson

June 10, 2024

"The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded."

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Have wages exceeded inflation under Joe Biden? It depends

By Louis Jacobson

June 6, 2024

“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.

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Donald Trump’s False claim that Joe Biden wants to quadruple your taxes

By Louis Jacobson

June 4, 2024

Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.”

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Fact-checking the False claim that the Trump’s NY jury verdict doesn’t have to be unanimous

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

May 29, 2024

Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous.

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Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low

By Louis Jacobson

May 28, 2024

“Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”

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Will Joe Biden’s new China tariffs “hit every family”?

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

May 17, 2024

Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”

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Joe Biden wrong that he inherited 9% inflation

By Louis Jacobson

May 15, 2024

Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”

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Does China have more retirees than workers? Joe Biden’s claim is premature

By Louis Jacobson

May 14, 2024

"China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."

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Did Trump say states have the right to monitor, punish women over abortion, as Kamala Harris said?

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

May 2, 2024

In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right…

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Nancy Pelosi omits pandemic in singling out job losses under Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson

May 2, 2024

Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”

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