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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 15, 2023 a speech in Lanham, Maryland
The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 30, 2023 A speech in Baltimore
“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • February 13, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 7, 2023 his State of the Union address
"Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 an ad
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 3, 2023 a speech in Philadelphia
“We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2023
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on January 27, 2023 an interview with reporters
“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 25, 2023 a tweet
“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 20, 2023 a speech at the White House
“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2023
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on January 22, 2023 an interview on Fox News Sunday
“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 10, 2023 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 12, 2023 remarks at the White House
“Take-home pay for workers is going up.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on January 8, 2023 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2023 a campaign website
As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2022 remarks at the White House
“For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2022 a Truth Social post
“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2022
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 29, 2022 remarks to reporters outside the White House
"I think President Trump came out four times and condemned” Nick Fuentes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 29, 2022 a speech in Bay City, Mich.
“Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 2, 2022 on social media
The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022
Citizens for Sanity
Citizens for Sanity
stated on November 2, 2022 an ad
President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 1, 2022 a speech in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
"On my watch, for the first time in 10 years, seniors are getting an increase in their Social Security checks."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2022
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