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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
“Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.:
"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 7, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 28, 2023 in an interview with CBS News:
“Because of our economic policies we now are reducing inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 28, 2023 in an address to the Republican Jewish Coalition:
“Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.:
China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • November 1, 2023
Shannon Watts
Shannon Watts
stated on October 25, 2023 in a post on X:
“It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2023
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker:
“Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2023
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker:
“In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 13, 2023 in a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.:
"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 23, 2023 in remarks at a rally in Derry, N.H.:
“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire:
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 7, 2023 in a news release:
"Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 11, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on October 7, 2023 in a post on X:
The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan:
When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2023
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 1, 2023 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity:
“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023
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