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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 25, 2024 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2024 a Truth Social post
“The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 a press conference
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • August 9, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on August 6, 2024 un mitin de campaña en Filadelfia
"El crimen violento aumentó bajo Donald Trump".
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on August 6, 2024 a rally in Philadelphia
“Violent crime was up under Donald Trump.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 30, 2024 a rally in Atlanta
Donald Trump “intends to cut” Medicare.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 2, 2024 a written statement
"Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 30, 2024 an event in Atlanta
"Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on July 28, 2024 an interview on Fox News Sunday
“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2024 a speech in North Carolina
“Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2024 a campaign event in North Carolina
Project 2025 would “end Head Start.”
True
By Louis Jacobson, Mia Penner • July 23, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2024 a statement to the media
“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on July 7, 2024 an interview on Fox News Sunday
Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal.
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 4, 2024 a post on TikTok
Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 remarks in Detroit
The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 remarks in Detroit
Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2024
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on June 9, 2024 a post on X
Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2024 a campaign email
"The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 an interview with Time magazine
“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 2, 2024 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2024
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