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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on September 25, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
With Obamacare, "we're fixing to get hit with the biggest entitlement program the American taxpayers have ever seen."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 a Senate floor speech:
UPS left 15,000 employees’ spouses "without health insurance" and told them to, "go on an exchange with no employer subsidy."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 13, 2013 posts on the Internet:
Warren Buffett recently said "Scrap Obamacare and Start All Over."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 12, 2013 a press conference:
According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 7, 2013 an interview with the "Washington Post":
In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2013
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on September 8, 2013 a tweet:
"CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 4, 2013 a chain email:
An account of attacks in Benghazi written by former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers shows that the body of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was "dragged through the streets" and abused.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2013
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 4, 2013 a speech in Little Rock, Ark.:
According to a recent poll, "there are more young Republicans enrolled in their parents' (health insurance) plans than young Democrats."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2013
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 4, 2013 a tweet:
"The average family premium has increased by 29% under Obama!"
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
Peter King
Peter King
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on August 23, 2013 a radio interview:
Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2013
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 26, 2013 an event to launch her reelection bid:
South Carolina has "the fastest-growing economy in the Southeast."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 20, 2013 a Facebook post:
"America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on April 15, 2013 an ad shared on social media:
The book Little Red Riding Hood is something "that’s been banned in America," but not assault weapons.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2013
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 18, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post":
"New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2013
Organizing for Action
Organizing for Action
stated on August 9, 2013 an email to Obama supporters in Florida:
Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change and is "a climate change denier."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show":
Many uninsured Americans are "young."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2013
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