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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 13, 2013 an op-ed in the Daily Caller:
"Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke • February 19, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
"Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts" to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
Says his administration has made "progress" on border enforcement by "putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 the Republican response to the State of the Union Address:
"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 6, 2013 on the Internet:
"Washington, D.C., now has greater population than Wyoming and Vermont, more active duty military than 29 states, more tax revenue than 29 states (and) a larger domestic product than 27 states."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on January 30, 2013 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
"As a result of National Rifle Association and other private-sector (safety-education) programs, fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in 100 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on January 27, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"One out of every five law enforcement officers that's killed is killed with an assault weapon."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on January 20, 2013 his Fox News show:
Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2013
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 7, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
"Poverty levels (are) at an all-time high."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2013
Mark Shields
Mark Shields
stated on December 21, 2012 the PBS NewsHour:
Since 1968, "more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 8, 2013 on Facebook:
In 2011, more people were murdered with knives, "hands or feet" or "clubs and hammers" than with any type of rifle.
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2013
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on November 2, 2012 a tweet:
Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
stated on October 31, 2012 a radio ad:
Says Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of Planned Parenthood."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2012 the second presidential debate at Hofstra University:
"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 26, 2012 a campaign mailer:
"Women in Barack Obama's White House are earning less than men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
"Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
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