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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 10, 2014 in a press conference:
The U.S. Supreme Court is "five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2014
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour":
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 in various posts on the Internet:
"Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 7, 2014 in a tweet:
"Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 in an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival:
"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
stated on June 30, 2014 in a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby":
"Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families:
"In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet:
Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014:
Barack Obama is the "first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 16, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"Gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":
"In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":
"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet:
"Obama Signs Bill Forgiving All Student Loan Debt."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 in emails circulating on the Internet:
Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2014
Steve King
Steve King
stated on May 22, 2014 in a House floor speech:
Says Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., only needs about 40,000 to 50,000 votes to win election to Congress compared with the 120,000 votes King needs, because Waters has a higher immigrant population.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 19, 2014 in messages on the Internet:
"Solar panels drain the sun’s energy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 20, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 17, 2014 in a chain email:
"Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2014
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