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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 in a speech in Kenosha, Wis.:
"No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2017
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
stated on April 18, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
"I have not called for impeachment" of President Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 16, 2017 in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union":
"When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2017
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 in a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 in a CEO town hall:
"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 in a CEO town hall:
"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff
stated on February 20, 2017 in a campaign appearance:
"I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 19, 2017 in remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.:
Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2017
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing:
"In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2017
Hannah Willard
Hannah Willard
stated on March 16, 2017 in a press conference in the Florida Capitol:
"Experts estimate that 40 percent of gun sales occur in no-questions-asked transactions that often take place at gun shows or on the Internet."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 in a Florida House floor speech:
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
stated on March 15, 2017 in a Florida House subcommittee hearing:
"Unlawful presence (in the United States) is not a crime."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2017
Rosemary Laird
Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 in a Florida Senate committee hearing:
"Currently, half a million Floridians have Alzheimer’s disease, and in less than 10 years, a 40 percent growth rate means that another 200,000 Floridians will develop this devastating illness."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 7, 2017 in a press briefing:
The Obama administration said "they were going to be able to drive folks away from one of the most expensive areas for the provision of health care, and that is the emergency rooms. In fact, they did just the opposite."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2017
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on March 7, 2017 in a oress conference:
Under the Affordable Care Act, "some people were gaming the system" by paying "for nine months of insurance, get 12 -- the other three for free."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2017
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 6, 2017 in social media posts:
"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 22, 2017 in a CNN-sponsored debate:
"If you're in Texas, you have got to drive 120 miles to get an ID."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 in comments during and after the 2016 presidential campaign:
On leaks and the release of secret information.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2017
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
stated on February 15, 2017 in a joint press conference with President Donald Trump:
In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ "
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 13, 2017 in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes:
"Before the Affordable Care Act, (West Virginia’s) uninsured rate for people 64 to 19 was 29 percent. Today, it is 9 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017
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