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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 20, 2020 a speech in Philadelphia:
“There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 18, 2020 on social media:
“4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 17, 2020 a CNN town hall:
When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 a speech in Warren, Mich.:
The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 a speech in Warren, Mich.:
“Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 an event in Detroit:
“$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2020 a press conference:
"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2020 a tweet:
"I never called John (McCain) a loser."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2020 a speech in Wilmington, Del.:
Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2020
John James
John James
stated on August 26, 2020 a campaign ad:
Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is "known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2020
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 24, 2020 a Republican convention speech:
Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 comments in Scranton, Pa.:
“So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. Because the only way they’re going to win is by a rigged election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2020
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 18, 2020 a Democratic convention speech:
The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2020
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 17, 2020 a Democratic convention speech:
“In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
If Joe Biden can’t serve his full term, Kamala Harris “cannot by constitutional law become president.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke • August 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2020 a Facebook post:
President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 30, 2020 a press conference:
Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.
False
By Amy Sherman, Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 9, 2020 on social media:
Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 a town hall:
No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Sophie Austin • July 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2020 a White House briefing:
“We're setting record job numbers.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2020
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