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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on April 8, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five":
"Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 26, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says the Koch brothers "funded the fight to let flood insurance premiums soar ... Now they’re spending millions to buy a Senate seat for Bill Cassidy so he can fight for them."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on April 4, 2014 a meme on Twitter:
"Who will raising the minimum wage actually help? … More than half work full-time. The average worker is 35 years old."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 4, 2014 a chain email:
Says Michelle Obama waved "red communist flags" on her trip to China.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2014
Charles Koch
Charles Koch
stated on April 3, 2014 a "Wall Street Journal" op-ed:
Says he has engaged in the political process "only in the past decade."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2014
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on April 2, 2014 a Senate floor speech:
The Koch brothers are "the richest people in the world. Individually, they're only fifth. Put them together they're the richest in the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2014 viral posts on the Internet:
Says President Barack Obama's acceptance of an "Islamic order and gold medal" was "unconstitutional."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2014
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