Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Ted Cruz said he never insulted Donald Trump. The record suggests otherwise

By Louis Jacobson

January 29, 2016

"I have not insulted Donald personally."

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Ted Cruz says Barack Obama ‘dramatically degraded our military’

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

January 29, 2016

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."  

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Hillary Clinton wrong to say she’s only candidate to lay out a ‘specific plan’ to fight ISIS

By Louis Jacobson

January 27, 2016

"I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."

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Could a GM worker afford college tuition on just two weeks’ work in 1965?

By Louis Jacobson

January 25, 2016

"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."

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What Donald Trump said about the Chinese inventing the ‘hoax’ of climate change

By Louis Jacobson

January 24, 2016

Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."

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Donald Trump exaggerates when he says China has ‘total control’ over North Korea

By Louis Jacobson

January 21, 2016

China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."

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Carly Fiorina incorrect that U.S. has a ‘record number of abortions year after year’

By Louis Jacobson

January 20, 2016

The United States has a "record number of abortions year after year after year."

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Paul Ryan says ‘if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor’ as 50 years ago

By Louis Jacobson

January 19, 2016

"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."

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Bernie Sanders exaggerates with claim that he helped write Obamacare

By Louis Jacobson

January 18, 2016

"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.

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Hillary Clinton correct that Bernie Sanders flip-flopped on liability for gun makers, sellers

By Louis Jacobson

January 18, 2016

Says Bernie Sanders "has reversed his position on immunity" for gun manufacturers and sellers.

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Rubio wrongly credits Reagan for 1981 release of hostages from Iran

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Louis Jacobson

January 17, 2016

Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."

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Did former Attorney General Eric Holder say he viewed his mission as ‘brainwashing’ against guns?

By Louis Jacobson

January 15, 2016

Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."

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