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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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 20, 2020 an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC
“I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2020 an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace
“We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2020 on social media
Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 9, 2020 a speech
“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2020 an ad
“Trump lost a trade war that he started.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 a video
"You weren't allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 a tweet
As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 a tweet
COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 15, 2020 remarks at the White House
"In a very real sense, (Oklahoma has) flattened the curve. ... The number of cases in Oklahoma — it's declined precipitously."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 3, 2020 a tweet
Says he’s the one who gave the nickname “Mad Dog” to former Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 post on Facebook
“The CEO of the company that owns Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut donated $400,000 towards Trump’s re-election campaign.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2020
Erin Burnett
Erin Burnett
stated on June 1, 2020 remarks on her CNN show
If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2020 a tweet
“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 on social media
"Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2020
Lincoln Project
Lincoln Project
stated on May 5, 2020 an ad
"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2020 on social media
Politicians “receive full pay retirement after serving 1 term!”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2020
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