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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 6, 2021 in a Senate floor speech:
"This election actually was not unusually close."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2020 in social media posts:
Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 28, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2020 in an interview with CNN:
"People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference:
“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2020
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 19, 2020 in remarks in a press conference:
In Michigan “we have over-votes in numerous precincts of 150%, 200%, and 300%.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Noah Y. Kim • November 20, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 18, 2020 in a roundtable with healthcare workers:
The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 in social media posts:
Say a video shows “staffers stuffing ballots in flint mi”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet:
“Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2020 in a speech at the White House:
“We already have won” the election.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2020
Jason MIller
Jason MIller
stated on November 1, 2020 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
“We will be over 290 electoral votes on Election Night ... no matter what they (Democrats) try to do, what kind of hijinks or lawsuits or whatever kind of nonsense they try to pull off.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 1, 2020 in social media posts:
Say Joe Biden told a crowd in Florida, "Hello Minnesota!"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 24, 2020 in a speech in Dallas, Pa.:
Says President Donald Trump "thinks that $15 an hour minimum wage is too much for essential workers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2020 in remarks to reporters:
Counting ballots for weeks after Election Day “is totally inappropriate, and I don't believe that's by our laws."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2020 in a tweet:
“CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE? ... The answer in most states is YES.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in a presidential debate:
"We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2020 in an ABC town hall:
"They eliminated the funding for community policing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2020
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