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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on June 18, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is "the largest recipient of lobbyist money."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2012 in on the Internet:
"75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 4, 2012 in an interview with CBS News:
The Supreme Court said the individual mandate "is a tax. So it's a tax."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 1, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2012 in on the Internet:
"In 1950, corporations paid $3 in taxes for every $1 by a worker. Today, they pay 22 cents for every $1 by a worker."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 28, 2012 in a speech at the White House:
"If you're one of the more than 250 million Americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 in a speech in Washington, D.C. :
"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 28, 2012 in a tweet:
Obama "said (the individual mandate) wasn't a tax."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 19, 2012 in on the Internet:
"Less than 2 percent of illegals are picking crops, but 41 percent are on welfare."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 18, 2012 in an interview on Fox News:
"A million people a year come into the U.S. legally. No other country even comes close to that figure."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2012 in on the Internet:
"More than 43 percent of all food stamps are given to illegals."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ... (had) more debt per person than any other state in the country."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2012
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
stated on June 6, 2012 in a television ad:
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was "the deciding vote for the health care law."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2012
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on June 7, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"As Governor: Romney did not keep public safety funding in line with inflation."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 8, 2012 in a campaign ad:
As governor of Massachusetts, "Romney reduced unemployment to just 4.7 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 in a television ad:
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 1, 2012 in e-mail messages circulating on the Internet:
Says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie made a late-night visit to Kinko’s to forge President Barack Obama’s birth certificate two days before Obama unveiled it to the media.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
"Right now, I’m polling at about 8 percent" against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2012
Eric Fehrnstrom
Eric Fehrnstrom
stated on June 3, 2012 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Massachusetts under Gov. Mitt Romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, "we were in the middle of the pack."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012
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