Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Joe Biden repeats False tale that he got arrested during Civil Rights era

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

April 29, 2024

Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation.

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Amid Columbia protests, safety concerns, Speaker Mike Johnson is off base on hybrid classes plan

By Louis Jacobson

April 29, 2024

Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”

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Was last year’s US job growth all from part-time jobs? Why RFK Jr.’s claim is Half True

By Louis Jacobson

April 26, 2024

"The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about a ban on NIH research about mass shootings

By Louis Jacobson

April 23, 2024

“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”

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Marco Rubio says Joe Biden is being ‘very misleading’ about inflation. Arguably, Rubio is, too.

By Louis Jacobson

April 17, 2024

“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to…

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Donald Trump said all legal scholars, ‘on both sides,’ wanted Roe v. Wade overturned. That’s wrong.

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

April 10, 2024

"All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned.

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Joe Biden largely right about high level of U.S. support for Roe

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

April 10, 2024

“Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."

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Donald Trump is wrong on Democrats’ abortion stance. They don’t support the ‘execution’ of babies.

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

April 8, 2024

Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”

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No, crime has not ‘skyrocketed’ under Joe Biden, as Rep. Nancy Mace claimed

By Louis Jacobson

April 3, 2024

“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”

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Is the current Congress the least productive of our lifetime? So far, yes

By Louis Jacobson , Matthew Crowley

April 3, 2024

The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”

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US warning Russia about a terror attack doesn’t mean the US ordered it. It was the ‘duty to warn’

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu , Louis Jacobson

March 27, 2024

A March 7 U.S. security alert … means the U.S. was “behind this gruesome terror attack on Russian civilians.”

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Is J.D. Vance right that native-born Americans have seen no net job growth under Biden?

By Louis Jacobson

March 27, 2024

Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”

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