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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
"While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016
Phil Ruffin
Phil Ruffin
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Says Donald Trump "always pays his bills promptly."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"Our economy is not growing."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Says Hillary Clinton is proposing "destroying Medicare for seniors."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2016
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Says Hillary Clinton "lied about why her parents named her Hillary."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2016
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2016 a speech in San Diego
"95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech at a memorial service in Dallas
"We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a Donald Trump rally in Indiana
"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech in Portsmouth, N.H.
"Independent analysts say (Donald Trump) would add $30 trillion to the national debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a rally in Raleigh, N.C.
"You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2016 remarks in Ottawa, Canada
"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2016 a tweet
"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 a speech in Cincinnati
"Risk analysts listed Donald Trump, a Donald Trump presidency, as one of the top threats facing the global economy, ahead of terrorism."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 a Facebook post
"The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016
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