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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 21, 2021 a tweet
The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 21, 2021 a town hall in Baltimore
“We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 7, 2021 remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 6, 2021 remarks at the White House
“Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 5, 2021 social media posts
“In case you forgot. Two years ago today, we were experiencing the greatest economy in the history of the world.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 27, 2021 social media posts
“Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!"
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2021 a speech in Howell, Mich.
"Thirty years ago, the United States ranked sixth among advanced economies in the share of women in the workforce. You know where we are today? Twenty-three.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2021
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 3, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The pharmaceutical industry has 1,400 lobbyists on Capitol Hill right now trying to stop" Medicare drug price negotiation.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2021
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on September 29, 2021 an exchange between CNN hosts
Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2021 social media posts
The White House “created a fake set for (President Joe) Biden to get his booster shot. The entire Biden presidency is one giant charade.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2021 posts on social media
A funeral home used a truck to advertise the message "Don't get vaccinated."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on September 1, 2021 on social media
Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2021
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on September 3, 2021 an interview with WSYR-TV
“All” Americans in Afghanistan who “have wanted to come out have come out.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2021
Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
stated on August 17, 2021 an interview with Breitbart
Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2021 social media posts
The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 17, 2021 on social media
The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference
Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 1, 2021 a tweet
"The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2021 a CNN town hall
"The cost of an automobile, it's kind of back to what it was before the pandemic."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2021 a CNN town hall
“Ten thousand people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn’t been vaccinated."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2021
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