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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 4, 2011 in an interview with MSNBC:
"Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United States of America."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2011
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 3, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2011
Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"When it comes to being effective at creating jobs … (Chris Christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... Last year, New Jersey created no net new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2011 in a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.:
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2011 in a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio:
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a year. And that’s how it’s working right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says he never said he wanted to move Social Security "back to the states."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
"President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.:
"We're bankrupt."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 20, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on September 17, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes":
More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 13, 2011 in several media interviews:
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on September 14, 2011 in a blog post:
The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 13, 2011 in a discussion on Fox News' "Hannity":
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, "you can sue if you are unemployed and don't get the job and think you weren't hired because you are unemployed."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
"170,000 of the jobs" created in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry "were government jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
"Today, when people retire in Galveston County, Texas, they retire making at least 50 percent more than they would ever get out of Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
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