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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech in Washington:
"When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2016
John Kirby
John Kirby
stated on April 25, 2016 a State Department news briefing:
Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 25, 2016 remarks in Borden, Ind.:
"I earned more votes in the state of Wisconsin than Donald Trump did in New York."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2016
Robby Mook
Robby Mook
stated on April 19, 2016 a Medium post:
"In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2016 a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America':
"When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 17, 2016 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 12, 2016 a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.:
"We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 the Brooklyn presidential debate:
The Republicans "still want to privatize (Social Security). In fact, their whole idea is to turn over the Social Security trust fund to Wall Street."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 the Brooklyn presidential debate:
"I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 11, 2016 a rally in Rome, N.Y.:
"My numbers are better right now than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 11, 2016 an event in Port Washington, N.Y.:
"The state that has the highest per capita number of … guns that end up committing crimes in New York come from Vermont."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2016
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 28, 2016 a post on Medium:
Says the Congressional Budget Office "is expecting a protracted economic malaise for at least the next decade under current policies."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2016
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 28, 2016 a Medium post:
A study "from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Dartmouth concluded that Medicaid’s value to its beneficiaries is significantly lower than the actual cost of the program."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with a customer at a Gainesville, Fla., Starbucks:
"We got a million jobs."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:
Says his campaign has released his past tax returns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2016 a Medium post:
The "rate of uninsured Americans (is) 8.8 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:
"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2016
Joe Pitts
Joe Pitts
stated on March 10, 2016 a Medium post:
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 15, 2016 a victory speech after the March 15 primaries:
"Our campaign depends on small donations for the majority of our support."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016
Mike Honda
Mike Honda
stated on March 16, 2016 a column posted on Medium:
"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  
True
By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016
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