Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Herschel Walker for oil tweet story

Did Biden stop domestic oil drilling, as Herschel Walker said? Hardly

July 22, 2022

Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.

Biden in Cleveland

Joe Biden’s dubious math on the federal income tax burden

July 13, 2022

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…

Nikki Haley July 4 2022

Fact-checking Nikki Haley’s inflation math on July 4 cookout costs

July 5, 2022

The cost of a Fourth of July cookout in 2022 increased by 67.2% because of inflation.

The complicated calculation to determine what share of the population will retain abortion rights

June 27, 2022

“The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already…

Larry Summers

Fact-checking Larry Summers’ formula for unemployment, inflation, and recessions

June 23, 2022

“When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”

Joe Biden June 2022

Fact-checking Joe Biden on inflation rates among US’ economic peers

June 22, 2022

“In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.”

Monica Crowley pic

The Pants on Fire claim that communists have controlled U.S. institutions for decades

June 17, 2022

Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.

White House gets it wrong on unemployment level when Joe Biden took office

June 14, 2022

When Joe Biden “walked into this administration … 20 million people were on unemployment insurance benefits.”

Jan. 6 Hearing: Chairman Bennie Thompson speaking

Fact-checking whether Jan. 6 committee chairman Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 election

June 10, 2022

“Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 Presidential election.”

Kemp victory night

The Pants on Fire claim that ‘nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes’

June 1, 2022

“Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”

Ted Cruz in Uvalde

Ted Cruz spins partisan blame for failure of gun legislation

May 27, 2022

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…

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