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Patriot News Alerts
stated on August 14, 2018 in a web post:

"U.S. government reports record tax haul after Trump tax cuts spur economic growth."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 16, 2018 in remarks on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on August 14, 2018 in a White House press briefing:

"President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did (for African-American employment) in eight years."

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on August 7, 2018 in a speech:

"I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2018 in a tweet:

"Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2018

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on August 1, 2018 in an interview with One America News Network:

"You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'"

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2018

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 30, 2018 in a video:

Says the Koch Brothers sponsored "a study that shows that Medicare for All would save the American people $2 trillion over a 10-year period."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2018

Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 26, 2018 in a tweet:

"Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2018 in a tweet:

"Wow, highest Poll Numbers in the history of the Republican Party. That includes Honest Abe Lincoln and Ronald Reagan."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2018

Missouri Democratic Party
stated on July 17, 2018 in a tweet:

If a lawsuit backed by Josh Hawley succeeds, "nearly 2.5 million Missourians with pre-existing conditions could lose their health care coverage."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2018

Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 23, 2018 in a tweet:

"Trump tax cut benefits all congressional districts, up to $44,697 per family."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2018

Patrick Morrisey
stated on July 17, 2018 in an ad:

Says Joe Manchin said "yes to repealing Obamacare. He lied."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on July 13, 2018 in an interview on PBS' "Firing Line":

"Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference in Helsinki:

"The Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2018

West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on July 10, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Patrick Morrisey’s "family’s firm was paid $500,000 to lobby AGAINST Trump’s last Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2018

Nicholas Burns
stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2018

Danielle Pletka
stated on July 8, 2018 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Bernie Sanders was indifferent to Russia's annexation of Crimea because he felt "they have a lot of Russians anyway."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on July 9, 2018 in a campaign website:

Says "Claire McCaskill voted for 100 percent of President Obama’s judicial nominees."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2018

Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 in a meme shared on the Internet:

"39% of All California Students are illegals."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018

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stated on July 3, 2018 in a meme shared on the Internet:

"More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018

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