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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2018 remarks at the White House:
Says the 2018 defense authorization bill includes raises for the military "for the first time in 10 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on May 9, 2018 an interview with Hoppy Kercheval:
"By 2022, just the interest payment on our debt will be greater than the defense of our country."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
stated on April 10, 2018 her book, "Fascism: A Warning":
Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2018
Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Michelle Wolf
Michelle Wolf
stated on April 29, 2018 a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner:
"Flint still doesn’t have clean water."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 a U.S. Senate debate:
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on April 19, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Most of our taxes are spent on the so-called ‘War on Terror.’"
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 14, 2018 posts on the Internet:
"British Intelligence Seizes Clinton Foundation Warehouse, $400 Million In Cash."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2018 a press conference:
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2018
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on April 16, 2018 a news release from Senate Democrats:
In the wake of the Republican-backed tax bill, "more than 100,000 American workers have already been laid off in 2018."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 9, 2018 a campaign ad:
"In Congress, (Patrick) Morrisey wrote the health care law giving free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2018
Tina Smith
Tina Smith
stated on April 10, 2018 a tweet:
"On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 9, 2018 a web post:
Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 5, 2018 posts on the Internet:
"Nancy Pelosi vows Democrats will raise taxes if they take back the House."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 5, 2018 an event in West Virginia:
"This will be the last time — April — that you’re going to (fill out) that old-fashioned, big, lots of pages, complicated tax form. Because next April you’re going to, in many cases, (file) one page, one card. It’s going to be very, very different. Very, very different."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2018
Snapple
Snapple
stated on April 5, 2018 a bottle cap:
"There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2018
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on March 29, 2018 a tweet:
"Republicans in Congress are plotting to take away Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2018
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