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Adam Laxalt
Adam Laxalt
stated on July 30, 2022 in a tweet:
A Democratic bill negotiated between Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would "increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2022
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
stated on July 24, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 25, 2022 in social media posts:
‘The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.'
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet:
Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 6, 2022 in a speech in Cleveland:
The “average federal income tax” paid by the richest Americans is “8%. … If you’re a cop, a teacher, a firefighter, union worker, you probably pay two to three times that.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2022
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on July 4, 2022 in a tweet:
The cost of a Fourth of July cookout in 2022 increased by 67.2% because of inflation.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2022
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
stated on June 24, 2022 in an interview on Fox News:
“The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2022
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
stated on June 17, 2022 in an interview with Barron's:
“When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 16, 2022 in an interview with the Associated Press:
“In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2022
Monica Crowley
Monica Crowley
stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:
Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre
stated on June 13, 2022 in a press briefing:
When Joe Biden “walked into this administration … 20 million people were on unemployment insurance benefits.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2022
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on June 9, 2022 in a tweet:
“Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 Presidential election.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2022
Kevin Rinke
Kevin Rinke
stated on June 1, 2022 in a campaign ad:
"Dead people always vote Democrat."
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2022
Emerald Robinson
Emerald Robinson
stated on May 26, 2022 in a Substack post:
“Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 26, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:
In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 24, 2022 in an interview with CNN:
“Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2022
Chris Carr
Chris Carr
stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 in a radio interview:
In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 in an interview with WLBB:
Agriculture “is still the No. 1 sector of the economy” in Georgia.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2022
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 15, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2022
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