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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 a Republican presidential debate:
Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 7, 2011 a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library:
"The day President Obama took office, gasoline was $1.79 a gallon."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on September 7, 2011 a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library:
Utah was "the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service" as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 5, 2011 a Republican candidates' forum in South Carolina:
The Massachusetts health care plan "dealt with 8 percent of our population," far less than the "100 percent of American people" affected by President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2011 a Labor Day speech in Detroit:
A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 30, 2011 a speech to the American Legion:
The United States "won every major battle" of the Vietnam War. "Every single one."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 26, 2011 a campaign event:
President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on August 29, 2011 an opinion column:
"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
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