Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Trump tweaks talking point about U.S. being ‘one of’ highest-taxed nations, but it’s still flawed

By Louis Jacobson , Nadia Pflaum

July 22, 2016

"America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world."  

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Donald Trump is largely right that household incomes are down $4,000 since 2000

By Louis Jacobson

July 22, 2016

"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."

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Donald Trump says he had the biggest tax cuts of any 2016 candidate

By Louis Jacobson

July 22, 2016

"While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run…

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Donald Trump says homicides are up 17 percent in 50 biggest cities, largest increase in 25 years

By Louis Jacobson

July 22, 2016

"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."

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Mike Pence says there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before

By Louis Jacobson

July 21, 2016

"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."

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Businessman friend of Donald Trump says he ‘always pays his bills promptly’

By Louis Jacobson

July 21, 2016

Says Donald Trump "always pays his bills promptly."

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is wrong about the U.S. economy not growing

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

July 21, 2016

"Our economy is not growing."

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Donald Trump Jr. wrong that Hillary Clinton is proposing to destroy Medicare

By Louis Jacobson

July 20, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton is proposing "destroying Medicare for seniors."

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Did Hillary Clinton lie about being named after Sir Edmund Hillary?

By Louis Jacobson

July 20, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "lied about why her parents named her Hillary."

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Jeff Sessions says lowest percentage of Americans are working in 40 years

By Louis Jacobson

July 19, 2016

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."

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Touting trade, Joe Biden says 95 percent of world’s consumers are outside U.S.

By Louis Jacobson

July 15, 2016

"95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."

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Barack Obama offers flawed comparison between teens’ ease in obtaining Glocks vs. books

By Louis Jacobson

July 14, 2016

"We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer…

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