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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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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
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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
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 13, 2019 an interview with Stephen Colbert
In 2018, when he ran for senator, "young voter turnout in early voting was up 500%. We won more votes than any Democrat has in the history of the state of Texas."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2019
Conservative Daily Post
Conservative Daily Post
stated on June 10, 2019 a post on the Internet
"Disease-ridden" migrants from parts of Africa with Ebola are being "dumped in San Antonio."  
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 6, 2019 a tweet
"I have consistently voted against the Hyde Amendment."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 2, 2019 a Fox News town hall
"Remember after the shooting in Las Vegas, (President Donald Trump) said, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to ban the bump stocks.’ Did he ban the bump stocks? No."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2019 remarks at the White House
"There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2019
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on May 20, 2019 a tweet
"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 22, 2019 an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2019 remarks in the Rose Garden
Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2019 a rally in Montoursville, Pa.
Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019
Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock
stated on May 19, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 8, 2019 a Fox News town hall
"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 a speech
Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2019 remarks at the White House
Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2019
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Viral image
stated on May 2, 2019 social media posts
When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2019 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall
"The majority of women are minimum wage workers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2019 a tweet
"In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2019
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