Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Jeb Bush largely right in CNN debate that Donald Trump said ‘ISIS was not our fight’ 2 months ago

By Louis Jacobson

December 16, 2015

"Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."

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Donald Trump exaggerates how much coal in U.S. has been phased out

By Louis Jacobson

December 16, 2015

"We're practically not allowed to use coal any more. What do we do with our coal? We ship it to China and they spew it…

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Marco Rubio largely right that only 3 or 4 countries are taking significant military shots at ISIS

By Louis Jacobson

December 13, 2015

"Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."

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Trump cites shaky survey in call to ban Muslims from entering US

By Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson

December 9, 2015

Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad."

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Rand Paul largely correct that French electronic surveillance law is stronger than what U.S. has

By Louis Jacobson

December 8, 2015

"In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States.

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Hillary Clinton’s exaggerated claim that Ted Cruz ‘tried to ban contraception’ five times

By Louis Jacobson

December 2, 2015

"Ted Cruz tried to ban contraception" five times.

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Are the ‘overwhelming majority of violent criminals’ Democrats? Ted Cruz said so

By Louis Jacobson

December 1, 2015

"Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."

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Ben Carson incorrect that a government agency considers Family Research Council a terrorist group

By Louis Jacobson

December 1, 2015

"The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group."

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Do 59 percent of Americans believe Barack Obama is Muslim?

By Louis Jacobson

November 23, 2015

"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."

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Hillary Clinton says ‘the Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections’

By Louis Jacobson

November 23, 2015

"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."

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Donald Trump says Obama administration is pushing refugees toward states with GOP governors

By Louis Jacobson

November 18, 2015

The federal government is sending refugees to states with governors who are "Republicans, not to the Democrats."

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Viral graphic says Japan keeps out radical Islam through strong restrictions on Muslims

By Louis Jacobson

November 17, 2015

In Japan, "permanent residency is not given to Muslims," the "propagation of Islam" is banned, "one cannot import a Koran published in the Arabic language,"…

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