Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

No, Nicole Shanahan wouldn’t be the youngest vice president in history

By Louis Jacobson

March 26, 2024

If elected, “I will be the youngest vice president in American history.”

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Ex-RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel misleads on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ about Montana election law

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

March 25, 2024

Montana Democrats are "suing to say, ‘You should be allowed to be registered to vote in two states.'”

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Trump’s $454 million bond for New York fraud case is not unprecedented

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

March 22, 2024

The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”

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Have 96% of jobs created over 35 years emerged under Democratic presidents?

By Louis Jacobson

March 21, 2024

“Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic…

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Donald Trump’s false claim that immigration hurts Social Security

By Louis Jacobson

March 20, 2024

"Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable."

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Ron DeSantis said Citizens Property Insurance ‘is not solvent.’ That’s misleading.

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

March 14, 2024

Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s dubious claim about job losses for native-born Americans

By Louis Jacobson

March 12, 2024

"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."

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Fact-checking Joe Biden on debt accumulated under Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson

March 12, 2024

The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history."

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Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg on the stock market’s rise under different presidents

By Louis Jacobson

March 11, 2024

The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."

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Joe Biden’s misleading claim about cutting the deficit

By Louis Jacobson

March 8, 2024

"We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion."

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Fact-checking Rep. Katie Porter’s claims that billionaires ‘rigged’ California’s Senate primary

By Louis Jacobson

March 7, 2024

Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”

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Fact-checking Joe Biden’s statement about semiconductor investments and CHIPS Act

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

February 29, 2024

The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act “attracted $640 billion in private companies’ investments.”

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