Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Donald Trump wrong that greater testing is driving coronavirus case load

By Louis Jacobson

June 24, 2020

COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”

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VP Mike Pence says Oklahoma flattened the COVID-19 curve. That’s False

By Louis Jacobson

June 16, 2020

"In a very real sense, (Oklahoma has) flattened the curve. ... The number of cases in Oklahoma — it's declined precipitously."

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that he gave Jim Mattis the nickname ‘Mad Dog’

By Louis Jacobson

June 4, 2020

Says he’s the one who gave the nickname “Mad Dog” to former Defense Secretary James Mattis.

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Facebook post cites wrong fast-food CEO as big Trump donor

By Louis Jacobson

June 4, 2020

“The CEO of the company that owns Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut donated $400,000 towards Trump’s re-election campaign.”

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Erin Burnett corrects inaccurate statements about Insurrection Act

By Louis Jacobson

June 2, 2020

If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since…

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Are coronavirus cases going down all over the US?

By Louis Jacobson

May 28, 2020

“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”

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Yes, the CARES Act has a tax break that benefits 43,000 millionaires

By Louis Jacobson

May 26, 2020

"Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."

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Lincoln Project’s “Mourning in America” ad critical of Trump misleads on bailouts

By Louis Jacobson

May 7, 2020

"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."

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Claim about congressional pensions is wrong, once again

By Louis Jacobson

May 4, 2020

Politicians “receive full pay retirement after serving 1 term!”

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Early date on CARES Act is due to a legislative quirk, not a plot

By Louis Jacobson

April 27, 2020

The government must have planned the coronavirus pandemic because the coronavirus relief bill had been introduced three years earlier.

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No, Democrats aren’t pushing microchips to fight coronavirus

By Louis Jacobson

April 23, 2020

“The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”

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Are stay-at-home orders ‘laws,’ as Jay Inslee said?

By Louis Jacobson

April 21, 2020

Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”

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