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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential campaign:
"A few months into office, (President Barack Obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for America."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential campaign:
"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2011
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on June 1, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown":
"We went from a $5.6 trillion surplus that George Bush inherited to over ... $11-plus trillion debt when George Bush left office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren:
"Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 29, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on May 26, 2011 in a column in the Wall Street Journal:
"In the late 1980s, the U.S. was nearly the lowest-taxed nation in the world, and a quarter century later we're nearly the highest."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on May 24, 2011 in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews:
"There's a 1.5 percent to 2 percent overhead in Medicare. The insurance companies have a 20 percent to 30 percent overhead."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 in an advertisement:
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would "privatize Medicare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 in an advertisement:
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 23, 2011 in a speech to announce his presidential candidacy:
"For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on May 23, 2011 in a public appearance and an op-ed:
On whether he would vote for the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2011
Amy Kremer
Amy Kremer
stated on May 17, 2011 in an interview on "The Colbert Report":
"We bring in enough tax revenue to service our debt, pay for Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, and then still have about $300 (billion) or $400 billion left over."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 3, 2011 in a chart posted on her Flickr account:
Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 17, 2011 in comments in various media outlets:
On supporting the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 16, 2011 in a speech in Chicago:
On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television:
"In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor":
The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2011 in a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.:
President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:
About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
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