Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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President Joe Biden in Tampa, 1, 4-23-2024

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

April 29, 2024

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

Columbia U pro-Palestinian protest, 4-28-2024

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

April 29, 2024

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

RFK Jr for part time jobs story

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

April 26, 2024

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Royal Oak, Mich. for gun story, 4-21-2024

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

April 23, 2024

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

Marco Rubio walking the halls of Congress, 9-6-2023

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

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…

Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Mich., 4-2-2024

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

April 10, 2024

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

Donald Trump for abortion announcement story, rally in Conway, S.C., 2-10-2024

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

April 8, 2024

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

Police crime tape in Levittown PA

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

April 3, 2024

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

Congress Dome April 2024

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

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’

March 27, 2024

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

JD Vance in the halls of Congress

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

March 27, 2024

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

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