Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech in Atlanta:
As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2022
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor
stated on January 7, 2022 in oral arguments at the Supreme Court:
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 in social media posts:
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 20, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview with Rita Braver of CBS:
“I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2021
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2021
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 5, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2021 in remarks from the White House:
“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 in a speech:
The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
"The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech:
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2021
Jen Psaki
Jen Psaki
stated on November 15, 2021 in a White House press briefing:
“No economist out there is projecting that (the Build Back Better bill) will have a negative impact on inflation.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2021
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on November 4, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • November 15, 2021
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
stated on November 8, 2021 in an interview with Newsmax:
"During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2021
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2021
Lisa McClain
Lisa McClain
stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet:
In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 2, 2021 in a press conference in Glasgow:
“Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on October 30, 2021 in an article:
“Fairfax County is not requiring the last four digits of Social Security Numbers on absentee ballots in this election.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2021 in social media posts:
President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021
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