Fact Check Posts – Page 92

Cyber-squatter accuses Carly Fiorina of wishing she’d laid off 30,000 employees more quickly

By Louis Jacobson

May 5, 2015

After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster."

Mike Huckabee says he ‘raised average family income by 50 percent’ as Arkansas governor

By Louis Jacobson

May 4, 2015

Says he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor.

Did lawmakers who voted to keep defense-surplus program for police get 73% more in defense cash?

By Louis Jacobson

April 30, 2015

"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted…

Rush Limbaugh says Clinton Foundation spends just 15 percent on charity, 85 percent on overhead

By Louis Jacobson

April 29, 2015

"Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries,…

Martin O’Malley says Congress won’t see Pacific trade deal before they vote on it

By Louis Jacobson

April 23, 2015

"We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."

Hillary Clinton says U.S. was first to create community colleges

By Louis Jacobson

April 21, 2015

"The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."

Is Loretta Lynch nomination delayed longer than 7 other attorneys general combined?

By Louis Jacobson

April 20, 2015

Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined."

Meme compares spending on undocumented immigrants with typical U.S. family income

By Louis Jacobson

April 17, 2015

"American families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. Obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child."

Jeb Bush correct that median income has fallen in U.S. since end of recession

By Louis Jacobson

April 16, 2015

"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."

Is book by Howard Zinn the ‘most popular’ high-school history textbook?

By Louis Jacobson

April 15, 2015

Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America."

Checking Bernie Sanders on Americans’ low voter-turnout rates

By Louis Jacobson

April 2, 2015

"In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75…

Meme touts Mark Dayton’s economic successes as governor of Minnesota; is it accurate?

By Louis Jacobson

April 1, 2015

Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low,…

Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Cyber-squatter accuses Carly Fiorina of wishing she’d laid off 30,000 employees more quickly

Mike Huckabee says he ‘raised average family income by 50 percent’ as Arkansas governor

Did lawmakers who voted to keep defense-surplus program for police get 73% more in defense cash?

Rush Limbaugh says Clinton Foundation spends just 15 percent on charity, 85 percent on overhead

Martin O’Malley says Congress won’t see Pacific trade deal before they vote on it

Hillary Clinton says U.S. was first to create community colleges

Is Loretta Lynch nomination delayed longer than 7 other attorneys general combined?

Meme compares spending on undocumented immigrants with typical U.S. family income

Jeb Bush correct that median income has fallen in U.S. since end of recession

Is book by Howard Zinn the ‘most popular’ high-school history textbook?

Checking Bernie Sanders on Americans’ low voter-turnout rates

Meme touts Mark Dayton’s economic successes as governor of Minnesota; is it accurate?