Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong on scale of Pentagon accounting errors

By Louis Jacobson
December 3, 2018
"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong about spending in Georgia race

By Louis Jacobson
November 28, 2018
In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."
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Is Saudi Arabia to thank for lower oil prices, as Donald Trump said?

By Kyra Haas , Louis Jacobson
November 26, 2018
Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."
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Were there no hearings on bipartisan criminal justice bill?

By Louis Jacobson
November 20, 2018
"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
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Do you need an ID to buy a box of cereal, as Donald Trump said? Of course not

By Louis Jacobson
November 16, 2018
"If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is…
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Were GOP’s House losses dramatically smaller than historical pattern?

By Louis Jacobson
November 8, 2018
"In the House, Republicans dramatically outperformed historical precedents."
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Did CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood back a Democratic candidate?

By Louis Jacobson
November 1, 2018
Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."
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Donald Trump says NYSE opened a day after 9/11. It didn’t

By Louis Jacobson
October 29, 2018
Says he didn't cancel a political rally because after Sept. 11, "the New York Stock Exchange was open the following day."
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Donald Trump said many presidents don’t get to appoint a justice. He’s wrong

By Louis Jacobson
October 25, 2018
"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."
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Did Canada pay off its debt a day after legalizing marijuana? No

By Louis Jacobson
October 24, 2018
"Canada Pays Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization"
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Donald Trump wrong that opioid bill didn’t get much Democratic backing

By Louis Jacobson
October 24, 2018
Says a recent opioid bill that reached his desk had "very little Democrat support."
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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim about people rioting over sanctuary cities

By Louis Jacobson
October 23, 2018
In California, "they're rioting now" over sanctuary cities.
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