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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2021 a speech in Philadelphia
"In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 2, 2021 remarks at the White House
“We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 7, 2021 a press conference
"The person that shot Ashli Babbitt — boom — right through the head — just boom — there was no reason for that."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2021
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on June 28, 2021 a Facebook post
“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”
Half-True
By Jason Asenso, Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 21, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci in an email "advises a family member to use (hydroxychloroquine) and antibiotic therapy, the same evening in which in a press conference he attacked (President Donald Trump) on the usefulness of (hydroxychloroquine) to fight the virus.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2021
Trey Wingo
Trey Wingo
stated on June 21, 2021 a tweet
A 9-0 Supreme Court ruling is very rare.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 1, 2021 a speech in Tulsa, Okla.
"Two members of the Senate," Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, "voted more with my Republican friends" than with the president from their own party.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2021 an interview with Ezra Klein
“The filibuster, if it does not get reformed, still means that maybe 30% of the population potentially controls the majority of Senate seats.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 27, 2021 a speech in Cleveland
“Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2021 social media posts
“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • May 26, 2021
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on May 12, 2021 testimony before a House subcommittee
"There is no law that deals specifically with the term ‘partial-birth abortion.’”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2021
Jeffrey Zients
Jeffrey Zients
stated on May 9, 2021 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
“The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 5, 2021 remarks
After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2021
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 2, 2021 remarks on ABC's "This Week"
"Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter are going to pay a huge new tax."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2021
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
stated on May 2, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Corporate income has increased as a share of” gross domestic product.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2021
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter
stated on April 20, 2021 a tweet
“Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2021 on social media
“70% of Americans don't believe a word the mainstream media puts out,” so “everyone who thinks Biden won are only 30% of the population.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2021 a press conference
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”
False
By Brandon Mulder, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 6, 2021 an interview with The Grio
“There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2021
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on April 11, 2021 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
“Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2021
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