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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 6, 2013 in his radio show:
"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
"My judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2013
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2013 in a tweet:
"Nearly 6 out of 10 believe that money and wealth should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of the people in the U.S."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2013
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on June 3, 2013 in a news release:
Says President Barack Obama is trying to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 in a news release:
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Steve King
Steve King
stated on May 23, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"Ronald Reagan’s signature on the 1986 amnesty act" gave Barack Obama about 15 million additional Hispanic votes in 2012.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 23, 2013 in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.:
Says that since he took office, "there have been no large-scale attacks on the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2013
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund
stated on May 19, 2013 in a television ad:
A law that mandates fingerprinting for gun purchasers is "a requirement that's reduced gun crimes in the five states where it's the law."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2013
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on May 17, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
"The IRS doesn't have to prove something against you ... you've got the burden of proof."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 in an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren:
The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 in an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren:
The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 in an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren:
"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2013 in a press availability:
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2013
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2013 in a White House press briefing:
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2013
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on May 9, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2013
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on May 5, 2013 in a web interview with ABC News:
Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 5, 2013 in a discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
stated on May 5, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 in a press conference:
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2013
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