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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 in an interview on Fox News:
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2015 in a statement released to the media:
"The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 in a letter to Iranian leaders:
If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015
Henry Sanders
Henry Sanders
stated on March 8, 2015 in a video clip aired on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Today in Selma, Ala., "the poverty rate is roughly nine times that of whites."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2015
Phil Robertson
Phil Robertson
stated on February 27, 2015 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
According to the CDC, "110 million Americans now have a sexually transmitted illness."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 in a conference in Silicon Valley:
"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015
Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg
stated on February 13, 2015 in a column in "National Review":
Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 8, 2015 in a public-service video during the Grammys:
"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 9, 2015 in a chain email:
"Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!"
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"92 million Americans aren't working."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:
"Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 22, 2015 in an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota:
"The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2015
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2015
Terry Jeffrey
Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 in a column in TownHall.com:
There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015
Andy Puzder
Andy Puzder
stated on January 13, 2015 in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal:
"Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 20, 2015 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:
"A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech in Wayne. Mich.:
Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2015 in a meme on social media:
Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2015
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