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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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X posts
X posts
stated on March 7, 2025 in on social media:
During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
Larry Kudlow
Larry Kudlow
stated on March 4, 2025 in on-air remarks:
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary
stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN:
“We've never audited government for 100 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2025
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech:
“The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
Pants on Fire!
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2025
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress:
On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2025
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025
Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:
Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters:
About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2024 in a statement:
On pardoning his son Hunter Biden
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2024
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media:
“Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post:
“I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad:
Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2024
Jon Tester
Jon Tester
stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X:
“In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook:
“Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post:
The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Sofia Ahmed • October 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall:
"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad:
Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
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