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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 in a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston:
"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler
stated on February 28, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2014 in a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff:
"Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 in an event at the White House:
"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 26, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 20, 2014 in a speech to Democratic governors:
"We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 23, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Under current policies, "we're going to reduce the overall debt of the United States by $3 trillion over the next 10 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on February 12, 2014 in a television ad:
"Nonpartisan government analysts say Obamacare will cost our economy up to 2.5 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Steve Contorno • February 14, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "supports a plan that would end Medicare as we know it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 in a campaign ad:
North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let insurance companies "deny coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 in a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2014
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 4, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2014
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on January 29, 2014 in a blog post:
"According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 4, 2014 in a tweet:
Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2014
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 in a press conference:
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address:
Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:
Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of Union address:
During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on January 23, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:
"Forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2014
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