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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 10, 2022 remarks at the White House:
“My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 14, 2022 a speech at North Carolina A&T State University:
"For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on April 5, 2022 a letter to President Joe Biden:
“While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2022
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on April 3, 2022 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 31, 2022 a public statement:
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2022
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 15, 2022 a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 14, 2022 a speech to the National League of Cities:
“Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2022
Russian Embassy in Canada
Russian Embassy in Canada
stated on March 1, 2022 a statement:
"The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2022 his State of the Union address:
“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2022
Dmitry Peskov
Dmitry Peskov
stated on February 20, 2022 an interview with a Russian TV network:
“Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2022
Patrick Gaspard
Patrick Gaspard
stated on February 13, 2022 remarks on ABC's "This Week":
"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at a far faster pace than any other country in the OECD."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2022
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on February 8, 2022 a tweet:
The Biden administration “is spending $30 million on crack pipes.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • February 10, 2022
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on February 8, 2022 a Facebook post:
“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 27, 2022 a statement:
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2022
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on January 30, 2022 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2022
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 19, 2022 a news conference:
“This country’s working people actually got a raise.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 a speech in Atlanta:
As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Jeff Cercone • January 13, 2022
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor
stated on January 7, 2022 oral arguments at the Supreme Court:
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 social media posts:
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2021
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