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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2024 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.:
Vice President Kamala Harris “cast the tiebreaking votes that caused the worst inflation in American history, costing a typical American family $28,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in su discurso de aceptación en la Convención Nacional Demócrata:
El expresidente Donald Trump “tiene la intención de promulgar lo que, en efecto, es un impuesto nacional sobre las ventas…que elevaría los precios para las familias de clase media a casi $4,000 al año”.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Marta Campabadal Graus • September 5, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2024 in a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz.:
“There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
“The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 in a press conference:
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • August 9, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on August 6, 2024 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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