Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Barack Obama says Mitt Romney’s tax plan “would cut taxes for the folks at the very top”

July 24, 2012
"Gov. Romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top."
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Facebook post says the U.S. is No. 1 in gun violence. Is it?

July 23, 2012
"USA is #1 in gun violence."
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Do 100,000 people get shot every year in U.S.? Facebook post says yes

July 23, 2012
"Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. That's 270 people a day and 87 dead."
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Did Barack Obama hold 100-plus fundraisers while his jobs council never met?

July 19, 2012
Over the last six months, President Barack Obama has golfed 10 times and held 106 fundraisers, but his jobs council has never met.
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Barack Obama says Mitt Romney received carried interest, a tax ‘trick’

July 18, 2012
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
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Mitt Romney had millions in a Swiss bank account, Barack Obama campaign ad says

July 16, 2012
Says Mitt Romney "had millions in a Swiss bank account."
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Steve Doocy says someone earning $250,000 pays half that in taxes

July 16, 2012
"If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000."
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GOP lawmaker Jeff Duncan repeats survey finding that 83 percent of doctors are considering quitting due to Obamacare

July 12, 2012
"83% of doctors have considered leaving the profession because of #Obamacare."
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Former R.I. gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille says unemployment dropped in every state that elected a Republican governor in 2010

July 11, 2012
"Unemployment rate dropped in every state that elected a Republican gov. in 2010"
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Americans for Prosperity says Jon Tester ranked first in lobbyist donations in the Senate

July 10, 2012
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is "the largest recipient of lobbyist money."
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Facebook post says “75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class”

July 9, 2012
"75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class."
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Mitt Romney says health care law’s penalty is a tax

July 5, 2012
The Supreme Court said the individual mandate "is a tax. So it's a tax."
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