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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 13, 2014 in a news conference:
"I don't know who (Jonathan Gruber) is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
"1/3 of our kids drop out (of high school), cannot go to college or start a career."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2014
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on November 3, 2014 in a blog post:
"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2014
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on October 29, 2014 in a television ad:
"If Cory Gardner gets his way, you'd better stock up on condoms."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.
Mostly True
By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2014
Don Young
Don Young
stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska:
Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 24, 2014 in an ad:
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter "votes with Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats 95 percent of the time," but Frank Guinta "will take on both parties" and has "independent New Hampshire values."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy
stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate:
The CDC is "spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening and massage therapy" that could be redirected to Ebola.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 14, 2014 in a debate:
Under my platform, "I will make no changes to the current (Medicare) system for current retirees and anyone approaching retirement."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on October 11, 2014 in a debate:
"Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:
Says Scott Brown co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for mammograms.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:
Says Scott Brown "co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for birth control."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2014 in a speech in Princeton, Ind.:
"The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate:
In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate:
By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 in a speech at Northwestern University:
"When I took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. Today, it's approaching 3 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2014
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