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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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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
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 29, 2024 social media posts:
Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 15, 2024 a speech at a police memorial service:
“Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2024
Jared Polis
Jared Polis
stated on May 15, 2024 an X post:
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2024
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