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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 30, 2022 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 27, 2022 a tweet:
Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 27, 2022 a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.:
The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022
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