Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

No recent public poll shows Kamala Harris with ‘great approval ratings’

By Louis Jacobson

August 8, 2023

“There are polls that also say I have great approval ratings.”

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President Joe Biden said inflation-adjusted wages are up. That’s Half True.

By Louis Jacobson

August 3, 2023

"Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation."

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How strong is consumer confidence under Joe Biden?

By Louis Jacobson

August 3, 2023

“Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.”

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Joe Biden said heat kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes and tornadoes combined. Is it true?

By Louis Jacobson

July 28, 2023

“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.”

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Do Florida school standards say ‘enslaved people benefited from slavery,’ as Kamala Harris said?

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson , Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa

July 24, 2023

Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”

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Ron DeSantis’ statement on federal government growth is exaggerated

By Louis Jacobson , Sevana Wenn

July 13, 2023

Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”

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Trump was ‘fine with affirmative action’ in 2015 interview, but has worked against it since

By Louis Jacobson

June 30, 2023

Donald Trump is an “affirmative action advocate.”

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Joe Biden is mostly right about keeping joblessness low for a long stretch

By Louis Jacobson

June 29, 2023

Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.”

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Tim Scott’s misleading statements on median income, inflation

By Louis Jacobson

June 26, 2023

“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.”

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Mike Pence repeats false claim that Barack Obama started migrant family separations

By Louis Jacobson

June 8, 2023

“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”

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Nikki Haley falsely links transgender athletes with teen girls’ suicidal ideation

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

June 6, 2023

Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year."

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Kevin McCarthy oversells employment gains from past work requirements

By Louis Jacobson

June 1, 2023

"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”

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