Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Donald Trump says Iran is responsible for terrorist attacks in 25 countries, five continents

By Louis Jacobson

March 22, 2016

"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."

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Rep. Joe Pitts says 120 Americans die daily from overdoses, exceeding deaths from guns

By Louis Jacobson

March 21, 2016

"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose…

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Hillary Clinton says her campaign ‘depends on small donations for the majority of our support’

By Louis Jacobson

March 21, 2016

"Our campaign depends on small donations for the majority of our support."

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Mike Honda shares accurate graphic about past Supreme Court nominations

By Louis Jacobson

March 17, 2016

"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  

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Ted Cruz pins too much blame for outflow of jobs on Barack Obama

By Louis Jacobson

March 16, 2016

Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."

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Hillary Clinton says guns exceed next nine categories as leading cause of death for young black men

By Louis Jacobson

March 15, 2016

"Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined."

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Donald Trump wrongly links Ohio campaign event protester to ISIS

By Louis Jacobson

March 13, 2016

Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts.

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Hillary Clinton ad points out it’s been 15 years since Americans had a raise

By Jason Noble , Louis Jacobson

March 11, 2016

"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."

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Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders supported Minutemen, indefinite detention for the undocumented

By Louis Jacobson

March 10, 2016

In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to…

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Bernie Sanders’ statistic on black, Hispanic unemployment has merit, but may be out of date

By Louis Jacobson

March 10, 2016

"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids…

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John Kasich ad says 20 million Americans ‘are out of work’

By Louis Jacobson

March 9, 2016

"Twenty million Americans are out of work."

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Did Arnold Schwarzenegger bend the truth with John Kasich claim?

By Chris Nichols , Louis Jacobson

March 8, 2016

When John Kasich became governor of Ohio, "there was an $8 billion budget deficit and now there’s a $2 billion surplus."

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