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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on October 22, 2019 an interview with The Washington Post:
"I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2019
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 11, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View":
"Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on October 12, 2019 a tweet:
"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 a debate:
"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019
Stanley Greenberg
Stanley Greenberg
stated on September 9, 2019 his book, "RIP GOP":
"What was the reality for most Americans during the Obama presidency? Most lost wealth and their incomes fell, particularly for those at the bottom of the ladder."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 an event in Hanover, N.H.:
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a press conference in Biarritz, France:
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2019
Allen Frances
Allen Frances
stated on August 25, 2019 remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources":
"Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet:
"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2019 remarks at the White House:
"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech in Monaca, Pa.:
"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook meme:
"In 2016, counties hosting a Trump rally saw a 226% spike in hate crimes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2019 remarks in Morristown, N.J.:
Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 3, 2019 posts on Facebook:
"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2019 remarks at the White House:
Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on July 4, 2019 an event in Carrol, Iowa:
"A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 3, 2019 posts on the Internet:
When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak."
Half-True
By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2019
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