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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 in a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2014 in a speech at the New America Foundation:
"Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States. They are working fewer hours for more pay, … living longer on average, and facing less income inequality."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2014
Russ Fulcher
Russ Fulcher
stated on May 14, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate:
"Idaho was the only Republican-led state in the nation that chose to partner with President Obama" by creating a state-based marketplace under the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2014
Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy
stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"We were the last flag flying in Benghazi."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 14, 2014 in a chain email:
"No Republicans voted for" recent hikes in the income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, dividend tax and estate tax. "These taxes were all passed under … Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on May 7, 2014 in an email to supporters:
"Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims, Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2014
John Garamendi
John Garamendi
stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2014 in a meme shared on social media:
"Every single one of the 41 Republican senators who just blocked a raise in the minimum wage will receive a $2,800 cost-of-living adjustment on January 1, 2015."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on May 2, 2014 in a newsletter:
"For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2014
Tom Corbett
Tom Corbett
stated on April 30, 2014 in a radio ad:
"On (Tom) Wolf’s watch, taxes were high, killing 100,000 PA jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2014 in a weekly address:
"The average minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2014 in a meme shared on social media:
"Over 300K home owner suicides attributed to foreclosures."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 24, 2014 in a chain email:
"The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 24, 2014 in a chain email:
"More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014
The Tax Foundation
The Tax Foundation
stated on April 23, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"Americans will spend more on taxes in 2014 than they will on food, clothing and housing combined."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on April 17, 2014 in a radio ad:
Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "called Obamacare ‘a great idea.’ "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2014
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on April 12, 2014 in a speech at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit:
"Eighty percent of Wall Street executives and their spouses' donations go to Democrats."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2014
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on April 12, 2014 in a speech to the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire:
A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Democrats "say the biggest threat to our nation's security is big government."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2014
Freedom Partners
Freedom Partners
stated on April 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Bruce Braley took "tens of thousands from his friends in the health insurance industry" and gave them "special favors" by voting for Obamacare.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2014
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