Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Mueller leaving Capitol

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about Democrats on Robert Mueller’s team

March 21, 2018
Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."
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CCC pic

Ryan Zinke wrong that Trump proposal would be biggest ever for public lands

March 19, 2018
A Trump administration proposal for the Interior Department "is the largest investment in our public lands infrastructure in our nation's history."
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Trump and Trudeau pic

Here’s what’s wrong about Donald Trump’s attack on Canada trade deficit

March 15, 2018
"We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)."
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Submarine

How ‘vital to our national security’ is steel, aluminum?

March 9, 2018
American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."
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Trump cabinet meeting 2

Donald Trump is wrong about wage trends

March 9, 2018
"When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long…
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Steel photo

Has automation driven job losses in the steel industry?

March 8, 2018
"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."
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Kimmel and Oscar

Donald Trump is correct about record-low ratings for 2018 Oscars

March 6, 2018
The 2018 Academy Awards show was the "lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY."
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NK sanctions

Was Russia ‘exempted’ from latest round of North Korea sanctions?

March 6, 2018
President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The…
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Zinke CPAC screenshot

Ryan Zinke wrong that gas prices are down 40% under Trump

February 26, 2018
"Under the previous administration it was … $100 to fill a car. American energy has delivered. Now it's $60. That’s $40 you have in your…
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WV teacher strike pic

Precedent says West Virginia teacher’s strike isn’t lawful

February 26, 2018
"The impending work stoppage is unlawful."
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Guns and voting meme

Fact-checking a misleading post on ID requirements for buying guns, voting

February 22, 2018
In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.
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Trump and Putin

Has Donald Trump ‘been much tougher on Russia’ than Barack Obama?

February 20, 2018
"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
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