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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on January 20, 2016 an Iowa Right to Life event in Des Moines
The United States has a "record number of abortions year after year after year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
Says Bernie Sanders "has reversed his position on immunity" for gun manufacturers and sellers.
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address
"The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium
"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 12, 2016 the Republican response to the State of the Union address
The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address
We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" in Ottumwa, Iowa
"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on December 17, 2015 a column posted on Medium
"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things  —  including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2016 a television ad
A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN
"Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
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