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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Chris Carr
Chris Carr
stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 in 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 in 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 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 12, 2022 in a tweet:
“When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2022
Kathy Barnette
Kathy Barnette
stated on May 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham:
Joe Biden “inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2022
Kathy Barnette
Kathy Barnette
stated on May 12, 2022 in an interview with Glenn Beck:
“Agriculture is the No. 1 industry here in Pennsylvania.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 10, 2022 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2022
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