Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Is there no policy daylight between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, as RNC says?

By Louis Jacobson

March 10, 2020

On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.

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Did Bernie Sanders vote against the Brady Bill five times?

By Louis Jacobson

March 9, 2020

Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.”

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Biden says Sanders has raised ‘a lot more money.’ He’s right

By Louis Jacobson

March 5, 2020

“You’ve raised a lot more money than I have, Bernie.”

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Does Mike Bloomberg own more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans?

By Louis Jacobson

March 2, 2020

“Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans.”

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Bernie Sanders’ voting record on wars is mixed

By Louis Jacobson

March 2, 2020

“Bernie Sanders voted in favor of every war during his tenure.”

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Did Donald Trump fire pandemic officials, defund CDC?

By Louis Jacobson , Victoria Knight

February 28, 2020

Says of President Donald Trump’s actions on the coronavirus: “No. 1, he fired the pandemic team two years ago. No. 2, he's been defunding the…

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Polls show most Democrats, many Americans back key Bernie Sanders’ policies

By Louis Jacobson

February 25, 2020

Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."

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Elizabeth Warren wrong to say Amy Klobuchar’s health plan is just two paragraphs long

By Louis Jacobson

February 21, 2020

"Amy, I looked online at your (health care) plan. It’s two paragraphs."

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Elizabeth Warren largely right about rivals’ reliance on super PACs

By Louis Jacobson

February 11, 2020

“Everyone on this stage except Amy (Klobuchar) and me is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that can do unlimited spending.”

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Meme spreads dubious theory about why Mitt Romney voted to convict

By Louis Jacobson

February 10, 2020

Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties…

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Are wages rising? Elizabeth Warren says no. Data say yes (slowly)

By Louis Jacobson

February 6, 2020

“We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.”

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No, the economy didn’t suddenly get strong under Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson

February 6, 2020

"Years of economic decay are over" because Trump "reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration."

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