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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post:
President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.:
"Our businesses have created nearly twice as many jobs in this recovery as they had at the same point in the last recovery, when there was no Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.:
"The income of the top 1 percent nearly quadrupled from 1979 to 2007, but the typical family’s incomes barely budged."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 21, 2013 in a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on July 14, 2013 in an interview with World Net Daily:
"The president … by executive order" could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants who are newly legalized under pending legislation.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 8, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"There was a Gallup poll in Egypt last year, and 70 percent of Egyptians don't want our money."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on July 8, 2013 in a tweet:
"More Americans receive food aid than work in (the) private sector."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2013
Dan Stein
Dan Stein
stated on July 7, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The Senate immigration bill "unleashes a massive increase in overall immigration. … We're talking about a population increase under the Senate bill of over 70 million people in 20 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 28, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
In South Florida, "we've had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2013
Todd Young
Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 in a letter to a constituent:
"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on June 21, 2013 in a roundtable section of the HBO show "Real Time with Bill Maher":
If it is enacted, the Senate immigration bill is "going to make the Border Patrol bigger than the FBI -- you could put one agent every 250 feet."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2013
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on June 27, 2013 in an ad:
Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 25, 2013 in a Senate floor speech:
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2013 in a speech on climate change:
As a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, "there were days where folks couldn't go outside. … because of all the pollution in the air."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 21, 2013 in a meme on social media:
"There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 17, 2013 in an interview with Charlie Rose:
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court "is transparent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 16, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The IRS scandal "clearly showed some criminal behavior."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 19, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on June 13, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room":
"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2013
Jim Bridenstine
Jim Bridenstine
stated on June 11, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2013
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 in a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week":
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013
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