Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Internet posts say three Democratic senators ‘took bribes from Iran’ to support nuclear deal

By Louis Jacobson

September 1, 2015

Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal."

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Donald Trump says U.S. has 93 million people ‘out of work,’ but that’s way too high

By Louis Jacobson

August 31, 2015

"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."

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Donald Trump says U.S. is ‘most highly taxed nation in the world’

By Louis Jacobson

August 28, 2015

"We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world."

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More Americans killed by guns since 1968 than in all U.S. wars, columnist Nicholas Kristof writes

By Louis Jacobson

August 27, 2015

"More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history."

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Pie chart of ‘federal spending’ circulating on the Internet is misleading

By Louis Jacobson

August 17, 2015

Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.

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Hillary Clinton tweets that Florida got an F for college affordability under Jeb Bush

By Louis Jacobson

August 14, 2015

"F: The grade given to Florida for college affordability under Jeb Bush's leadership."

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claim that ‘every poll said I won the debate’

By Louis Jacobson

August 11, 2015

"Every poll said I won the debate."

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Carly Fiorina says emergency room visits are up 50 percent under Obamacare

By Louis Jacobson

August 10, 2015

"If you look at the results of Obamacare, what you see is emergency room visits are up over 50 percent."

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Rand Paul says the Fourth Amendment ‘was what we fought the Revolution over’

By Louis Jacobson

August 7, 2015

"The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence."

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John Kasich: ‘I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus’

By Louis Jacobson

August 7, 2015

"I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."

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Donald Trump: ‘The Mexican government … they send the bad ones over’

By Louis Jacobson

August 7, 2015

"The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over."

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Hillary Clinton says the stock market has done better under Democratic presidents

By Louis Jacobson

August 4, 2015

"The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."

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