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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Adam Laxalt
Adam Laxalt
stated on July 30, 2022 a tweet
A Democratic bill negotiated between Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would "increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2022
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
stated on July 24, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 25, 2022 social media posts
‘The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.'
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on July 13, 2022 a tweet
Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 6, 2022 a speech in Cleveland
The “average federal income tax” paid by the richest Americans is “8%. … If you’re a cop, a teacher, a firefighter, union worker, you probably pay two to three times that.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2022
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on July 4, 2022 a tweet
The cost of a Fourth of July cookout in 2022 increased by 67.2% because of inflation.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2022
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
stated on June 24, 2022 an interview on Fox News
“The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2022
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
stated on June 17, 2022 an interview with Barron's
“When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 16, 2022 an interview with the Associated Press
“In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2022
Monica Crowley
Monica Crowley
stated on June 12, 2022 an interview with Fox News
Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre
stated on June 13, 2022 a press briefing
When Joe Biden “walked into this administration … 20 million people were on unemployment insurance benefits.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2022
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on June 9, 2022 a tweet
“Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 Presidential election.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2022
Kevin Rinke
Kevin Rinke
stated on June 1, 2022 a campaign ad
"Dead people always vote Democrat."
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2022
Emerald Robinson
Emerald Robinson
stated on May 26, 2022 a Substack post
“Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 26, 2022 an interview with Fox News
In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview with CNN
“Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2022
Chris Carr
Chris Carr
stated on May 22, 2022 a tweet
Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 a radio interview
In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 an interview with WLBB
Agriculture “is still the No. 1 sector of the economy” in Georgia.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2022
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 15, 2022 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2022
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