Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Donald Trump says he didn’t see video of cash being transferred for ransom after all

By Louis Jacobson

August 5, 2016

Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages.

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Patrick Murphy ad misleads about whether Marco Rubio missed vote for his own bill

By Louis Jacobson

August 4, 2016

Says "Marco Rubio didn’t show up" for a vote on his own bill on sanctions against Hezbollah.

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Clinton, Democrats rigged debate dates to conflict with NFL

By Louis Jacobson

August 1, 2016

"As usual, Hillary & the Dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major NFL games."

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Donald Trump gets a Full Flop for whether he’s had a relationship to Vladimir Putin

By Louis Jacobson

August 1, 2016

On whether he’s had a relationship with Vladimir Putin.

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Hillary Clinton says U.S. ‘put a lid on Iran’s nuclear program’

By Louis Jacobson

July 29, 2016

"We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot."

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Hillary Clinton’s Half True claim on job recovery during Obama’s tenure

By Louis Jacobson

July 29, 2016

"Our economy is so much stronger than when (Barack Obama and Joe Biden) took office. Nearly 15 million new private-sector jobs."

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Donald Trump gets a Full Flop for stance on minimum wage

By Louis Jacobson

July 28, 2016

On whether the federal government should set a minimum wage

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Tim Kaine says Donald Trump’s plan would add $30 trillion in debt, tilt toward the wealthy

By Louis Jacobson

July 28, 2016

Independent analysts "found that Trump's tax plan, given to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt."

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Rear Adm. John Hutson says Donald Trump ‘called the military that I served in a disaster’

By Louis Jacobson

July 28, 2016

Donald Trump "called the military that I served in a disaster."

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Bill Clinton exaggerates increase in world opinion of U.S. under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

By Louis Jacobson

July 27, 2016

"The approval of the United States was 20 points higher when (Hillary Clinton) left the secretary of state's office than when she took it."

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RNC is right that no Democratic speaker mentioned ISIS on convention’s first night

By Louis Jacobson

July 26, 2016

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention made "zero mentions of the global terrorist threat posed by ISIS."

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Michelle Obama correct that the White House was built by slaves

By Louis Jacobson

July 26, 2016

"I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves."

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