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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 remarks at the White House
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2021 a speech
“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 4, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on April 4, 2021 remarks on "Fox News Sunday"
The proposal by President Joe Biden would put the U.S. “No. 2 in the world” for the highest corporate tax rate.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on April 4, 2021 remarks on CNN's "State of the Union"
President Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 27, 2021 a video posted on Instagram
HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2021 an online video
If the voting bill H.R. 1 is passed, “absentee ballots would be mailed out to anyone without proof of the voter’s identity.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2021
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on March 25, 2021 an interview on MSNBC
"There are 43 states that have now passed voter suppression laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 remarks in a Senate hearing
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
Mostly True
By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on March 21, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Under H.R. 1, the Federal Election Commission “for the first time ever, instead of being an equal number of Republicans and Democrats (would be) three of one side and two of the other."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2021
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 14, 2021 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
The Republican tax bill passed in 2017 "gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2021
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on March 7, 2021 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2021
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 3, 2021 an op-ed in the Daily Signal
The voting bill known as H.R. 1 "would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2021 remarks with Mexico's president
"The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on February 24, 2021 statements at a confirmation hearing
“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 on social media
“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 remarks at a CNN town hall
"If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 1, 2021 on social media
Under the 2017 tax law, “people who make under $75,000 will have their taxes raised in 2021 and every 2 years after that until 2027.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2021 on social media
“Biden invested the entire family fortune in Ukraine gas and oil. Then shuts down Keystone pipeline. Starting to get the picture.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2021
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on January 13, 2021 remarks in a CNN broadcast
The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2021
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