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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":
The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • April 3, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on March 22, 2024 in an X post:
A March 7 U.S. security alert … means the U.S. was “behind this gruesome terror attack on Russian civilians.”
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News:
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
Nicole Shanahan
Nicole Shanahan
stated on March 26, 2024 in her vice presidential announcement speech:
If elected, “I will be the youngest vice president in American history.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2024
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on March 24, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Montana Democrats are "suing to say, ‘You should be allowed to be registered to vote in two states.'”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2024
Simon Rosenberg
Simon Rosenberg
stated on March 8, 2024 in a post on X:
“Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic presidents.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 16, 2024 in a rally in Vandalia, Ohio:
"Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 27, 2024 in an interview on CNBC:
Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia:
"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 7, 2024 in his State of the Union address:
The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 7, 2024 in a State of the Union address:
"We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2024
Katie Porter
Katie Porter
stated on March 7, 2024 in a post on X:
Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • March 7, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 12, 2024 in a speech to county officials:
The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act “attracted $640 billion in private companies’ investments.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2024 in a Fox News town hall:
Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2024 in a statement to the media:
President Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad:
Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:
Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X:
“Inflation has been at the pre-pandemic level of 2% over the last half year.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2024
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