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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 28, 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on June 3, 2012 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
Under Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts ranked "47th in job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on May 29, 2012 an interview with NPR:
"Only 2 percent of public high schools in the country offer PE classes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2012 on the Internet:
Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2012 an interview with CBN News:
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2011 statements to the media:
On President Barack Obama’s stimulus
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2011 statements to the media:
On the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
No Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 13, 2012 various public statements:
On gun policy
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
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