Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Kamala Harris exaggerates scale of Donald Trump’s inheritance before starting his career

By Louis Jacobson

September 20, 2024

Former President Donald Trump “started out with $400 million on a silver platter and then filed for bankruptcy six times.”

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In Montana U.S. Senate race, Jon Tester exaggerates Tim Sheehy’s Medicare position

By Louis Jacobson

September 20, 2024

“Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.”

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Donald Trump falsely says Kamala Harris is talking about reviving the military draft

By Louis Jacobson

September 18, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris is “talking about bringing back the draft.”

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Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy wrongly blames Inflation Reduction Act for higher inflation

By Louis Jacobson

September 17, 2024

The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!”

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In Montana Senate race, Democrat Sen. Jon Tester misleads on Republican Tim Sheehy’s abortion stance

By Louis Jacobson

September 12, 2024

Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”

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Fact-checking Donald Trump on the scale and causes of inflation under Biden, Harris

By Louis Jacobson

September 8, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris “cast the tiebreaking votes that caused the worst inflation in American history, costing a typical American family $28,000.”

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¿Los aranceles propuestos por Donald Trump costarían $4,000 a las familias, como dijo Kamala Harris?

By Louis Jacobson

September 5, 2024

El expresidente Donald Trump “tiene la intención de promulgar lo que, en efecto, es un impuesto nacional sobre las ventas…que elevaría los precios para las…

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Donald Trump said violent crime spiked 43% under Biden-Harris. That ignores reams of data.

By Louis Jacobson

September 4, 2024

“There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”

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Would Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs hit typical families by $4,000, as Kamala Harris said?

By Louis Jacobson

August 30, 2024

Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost…

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Economists say JD Vance is wrong about benefits of tariffs outweighing negatives

By Louis Jacobson

August 29, 2024

“Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Biden, Harris manipulated job data

By Louis Jacobson

August 23, 2024

“The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.”

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Trump’s False crowd comparison with his Jan. 6 speech and the crowd at MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

August 9, 2024

Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin…

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