Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on September 12, 2023 in a speech:
On moving forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden with a House vote.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 11, 2023 in a 9/11 memorial speech in Alaska:
“Ground zero in New York — I remember standing there the next day.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2023
Isabel Brown
Isabel Brown
stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on TikTok:
Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House:
U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House:
“According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 23, 2023 in a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee:
"I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on August 27, 2023 in an interview on Meet the Press:
Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, could have approved the 2020 electoral votes on the condition that Congress pass an overhaul of election law.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2023 in a speech in Milwaukee:
“A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 9, 2023 in an interview with the Weather Channel:
“I’ve already” declared a national climate emergency
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2023 in a speech in South Carolina:
“During Biden’s first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 31, 2023 in an interview with ABC News:
“There are polls that also say I have great approval ratings.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 28, 2023 in a speech in Maine:
"Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2023
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on July 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat:
“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority:
Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 24, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:
Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Sevana Wenn • July 13, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 29, 2023 in a tweet:
Donald Trump is an “affirmative action advocate.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 28, 2023 in a speech in Chicago:
Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on June 21, 2023 in a Fox News town hall:
“Median income in this country is … $35,000 a year. Because of Joe Biden's inflation, the average monthly expenses have increased by $500, almost.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2023
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