Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Michele Bachmann says IRS “will have the ability” to delay or deny health care

By Louis Jacobson
May 20, 2013
"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.
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Barack Obama says review of Benghazi attack “investigated every element”

By Louis Jacobson
May 14, 2013
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of"…
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Jay Carney says Susan Rice didn’t play down terrorist involvement in Benghazi

By Louis Jacobson
May 13, 2013
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or…
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Tom Coburn says after national park gun ban lifted, violent crime fell by 85 percent

By Louis Jacobson
May 9, 2013
"In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down…
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Bill Richardson says Hispanic support for immigration reform is almost universal

By Louis Jacobson
May 9, 2013
Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.
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Newt Gingrich says rise in unemployment statistic shows weakness of labor market

By Louis Jacobson
May 7, 2013
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up…
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Martina Navratilova says you can be fired for being gay in 29 states

By Louis Jacobson
May 7, 2013
"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."
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Barack Obama says U.S. has no airports ranked in the top 25 worldwide

By Louis Jacobson
May 1, 2013
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was…
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John McCain says half of STEM graduate degrees given to foreigners

By Louis Jacobson
April 30, 2013
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
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Kirsten Gillibrand says one in five military women, 3 percent of men, have unwanted sexual contact

By Louis Jacobson
April 29, 2013
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
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Rep. Tom Cotton says more terrorists have ‘reached their targets’ under Barack Obama than under George W. Bush

By Louis Jacobson
April 26, 2013
"In barely four years in office, five jihadists have reached their targets in the United States under Barack Obama," compared to zero "in over seven…
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Rep. Peter King says alleged Boston bombers are fifth terrorists to survive prior U.S. scrutiny

By Louis Jacobson
April 23, 2013
The Boston Marathon bombing "is the fifth case" in which U.S. government officials examined individuals potentially involved in terrorism "and felt they were no threat…
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