Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Fact-checking misleading claims about Black wage gains under Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson

October 15, 2024

“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald…

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Kari Lake says Arizona was safer in 1994, but crime statistics say otherwise

By Louis Jacobson

October 11, 2024

“Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”

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Kamala Harris off base on tax rate comparison of billionaires, teachers

By Louis Jacobson

October 10, 2024

"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."

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Kamala Harris on ‘60 Minutes’ said unemployment is at historic lows for everyone. Half True.

By Louis Jacobson

October 8, 2024

"We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."

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New Hampshire Democrats’ ad omits context about Kelly Ayotte, corporate boards

By Louis Jacobson

October 7, 2024

When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers,…

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N.H. governor’s race: Kelly Ayotte attack on Joyce Craig’s Manchester tax record needs context

By Louis Jacobson

October 7, 2024

In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes…

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In Montana Senate race, Tim Sheehy airs inaccurate illegal immigration attack on Jon Tester

By Louis Jacobson

September 30, 2024

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants."

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Kamala Harris exaggerates scale of prepandemic manufacturing job losses

By Louis Jacobson

September 26, 2024

“Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”

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Tim Sheehy is wrong that Jon Tester backs “slashing Social Security benefits”

By Louis Jacobson

September 25, 2024

Jon Tester “supported slashing Social Security benefits”

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Is Tim Walz right that Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president?

By Louis Jacobson

September 25, 2024

“Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.”

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GOP campaign group distorts the timeline to blame Inflation Reduction Act for spiking inflation

By Caleb McCullough , Louis Jacobson

September 25, 2024

“Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.

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No, Ronald Reagan wasn’t the last union member on a ticket before Tim Walz

By Louis Jacobson

September 24, 2024

“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”

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