Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Jen Psaki incorrect in saying no economist thinks Biden bill will boost inflation

By Louis Jacobson

November 18, 2021

“No economist out there is projecting that (the Build Back Better bill) will have a negative impact on inflation.”

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Bob Good spreads bogus claim about infrastructure bill

By Louis Jacobson , Warren Fiske

November 15, 2021

“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”

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Dennis Prager’s Pants on Fire claim that it was ‘inconceivable’ that gay men were seen as ‘pariahs’

By Louis Jacobson

November 11, 2021

"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…

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Ron Klain exaggerates improvements in employment, coronavirus death rate

By Louis Jacobson

November 10, 2021

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…

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GOP Rep. Lisa McClain’s Pants on Fire claim that infrastructure bill is only 10% infrastructure

By Louis Jacobson

November 8, 2021

In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.”

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In Glasgow, Joe Biden exaggerates on wages, inflation

By Louis Jacobson

November 2, 2021

“Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”

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Fairfax County, Va., lawsuit involved absentee-ballot applications, not ballots

By Louis Jacobson

November 1, 2021

“Fairfax County is not requiring the last four digits of Social Security Numbers on absentee ballots in this election.”

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Posts falsely say Joe Biden broke with Donald Trump on Afghanistan withdrawal

By Louis Jacobson

October 28, 2021

President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.”

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Fact-checking Ron DeSantis on job growth in Florida

By Louis Jacobson

October 27, 2021

“The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”

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Fact-checking Tom Cotton on Arkansas’ new congressional map

By Louis Jacobson

October 22, 2021

The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”

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Fact-checking Joe Biden about job gains on his watch

By Louis Jacobson

October 22, 2021

“We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.”

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Joe Biden overstates how well vaccines prevent person-to-person virus spread

By Louis Jacobson

October 14, 2021

People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you."

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