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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 17, 2024 a rally in Rochester, N.H.
Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 19, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2024 an event in Hampton, N.H.
“Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 4, 2024 a CNN town hall
In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 2, 2024 a town hall in Rye, N.H.
“Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2024
SFA Fund
SFA Fund
stated on December 28, 2023 a campaign ad
Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 4, 2024
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 13, 2023 a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire
Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023
Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson
stated on December 11, 2023 comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire
China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Rebecca Catalanello • December 15, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2023 a rally in Coralville, Iowa
“Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 5, 2023 a post on X
“We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on November 28, 2023 an event in Derry, N.H.
China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 27, 2023 remarks at the White House
Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 26, 2023 a speech at the Oxford Union
“In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2023
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre
stated on November 20, 2023 a White House press briefing
“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on November 18, 2023 a post on TikTok
The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2023
Dean Phillips
Dean Phillips
stated on November 13, 2023 a speech at Dartmouth College
"Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2023
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on November 15, 2023 an interview with CNN
“Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 remarks at the White House
“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2023
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on November 7, 2023 an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.
Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 14, 2023
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on November 7, 2023 an event in Manchester, N.H.
“We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."
True
By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 14, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 8, 2023 the third Republican debate in Miami
“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2023
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