Fact Check Posts – Page 83

Ted Cruz says U.S. has ‘lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977’

By Louis Jacobson

January 15, 2016

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."

Barack Obama says U.S. has ‘strongest, most durable economy in the world’ during State of the Union

By Louis Jacobson

January 15, 2016

"The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world."

Jeb Bush says as governor, he helped reduce youth heroin use in Florida by 50 percent

By Louis Jacobson

January 13, 2016

"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."

Economy is ‘too weak to raise income levels,’ says Nikki Haley in State of the Union response

By Louis Jacobson

January 13, 2016

The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."

We have cut ‘our deficits by almost three-quarters,’ Obama says in State of the Union

By Louis Jacobson

January 13, 2016

We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."

Donald Trump mostly wrong that ‘we get practically nothing’ from South Korea for U.S. troop presence

By Louis Jacobson

January 10, 2016

"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.

Carly Fiorina says U.S. didn’t address cybersecurity in economic dialogues with China

By Louis Jacobson

January 7, 2016

"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these…

Donald Trump’s first TV ad shows migrants ‘at the southern border,’ but they’re actually in Morocco

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. , Louis Jacobson

January 4, 2016

A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border."

Chris Christie mostly wrong that Barack Obama invited Russia into military role in Syria

By Louis Jacobson

December 21, 2015

Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."

No evidence for Hillary Clinton’s claim that ISIS is using videos of Donald Trump as recruiting tool

By Louis Jacobson

December 20, 2015

ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."

Geneva Conventions bar Donald Trump’s idea of killing terrorists’ families, as Rand Paul says

By Louis Jacobson

December 17, 2015

"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out…

Ted Cruz misfires on definition of ‘carpet bombing’ in GOP debate

By Louis Jacobson

December 16, 2015

Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."

Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Ted Cruz says U.S. has ‘lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977’

Barack Obama says U.S. has ‘strongest, most durable economy in the world’ during State of the Union

Jeb Bush says as governor, he helped reduce youth heroin use in Florida by 50 percent

Economy is ‘too weak to raise income levels,’ says Nikki Haley in State of the Union response

We have cut ‘our deficits by almost three-quarters,’ Obama says in State of the Union

Donald Trump mostly wrong that ‘we get practically nothing’ from South Korea for U.S. troop presence

Carly Fiorina says U.S. didn’t address cybersecurity in economic dialogues with China

Donald Trump’s first TV ad shows migrants ‘at the southern border,’ but they’re actually in Morocco

Chris Christie mostly wrong that Barack Obama invited Russia into military role in Syria

No evidence for Hillary Clinton’s claim that ISIS is using videos of Donald Trump as recruiting tool

Geneva Conventions bar Donald Trump’s idea of killing terrorists’ families, as Rand Paul says

Ted Cruz misfires on definition of ‘carpet bombing’ in GOP debate