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stated on October 9, 2025 in remarks on CNN:

As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2025

Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:

“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2025 in a speech to military brass:

“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2025

Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters:

"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."

By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2025 in an exchange with reporters in the White House:

The U.S. currently has “no inflation.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:

“I have ended seven unendable wars.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2025

stated on September 12, 2025 in a post on X:

“Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2025

stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X:

“Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:

“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:

“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025

JD Vance
stated on August 24, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2025

JD Vance
stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia:

“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House:

With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2025 in an interview on CNBC:

Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.

By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2025

Ritchie Torres
stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

“Since Donald Trump's inauguration, we have seen an 11% decline in the value of the dollar, the steepest decline in more than a half a century.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2025

stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation":

Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference:

In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2025

stated on July 17, 2025 in a post on X:

Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2025

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