11 People 25662 Fact-checks 7949 Articles People (11) America Today Russia Today More Perfect Union Turning Point USA Emergency Committee for Israel Free Market Florida United for a Fair Economy Friends of India Point Park Better Austin Today Today News 24 Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy Fact-checks (25662) Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2023 in a campaign video: “Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.” By Michelle Andrews• October 2, 2023 Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter: "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. " By D.L. Davis• September 16, 2022 Robert Reich stated on August 29, 2011 in an opinion column: "The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression." By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2011 Mike Pence stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo: “We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.” By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023 Sean Hannity stated on January 20, 2013 in his Fox News show: Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago." By Louis Jacobson• January 25, 2013 Judson Hill stated on March 07, 2012 in a speech: "Every 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance today causes about 30,000 Georgians to be uninsured." By Eric Stirgus• March 20, 2012 Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union address: "For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is." By Joshua Gillin• January 29, 2014 Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy." By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2011 Donald Trump stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades. By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2022 Mitt Romney stated on April 09, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website: "What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama." By Louis Jacobson• April 12, 2012 Mike Pence stated on July 12, 2016 in a Donald Trump rally in Indiana: "Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana." By Louis Jacobson• July 14, 2016 Joe Biden stated on August 09, 2023 in an interview with the Weather Channel: “I’ve already” declared a national climate emergency By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2023 Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. By Louis Jacobson• September 28, 2023 Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2019 in a speech: "When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric." By John Kruzel• April 3, 2019 Michelle Malkin stated on August 02, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more." By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2009 Mitt Romney stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa: "We're inches away from no longer having a free economy." By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2011 Sherrod Brown stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release: Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump." By Peter Krouse• May 2, 2012 Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: "In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey." By Caryn Shinske• December 9, 2012 Reince Priebus stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression." By Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2011 Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: "Gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years." 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We oblige By Louis Jacobson• February 20, 2015 Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• November 16, 2022 The leading 2020 Democrats’ climate change plans, explained By Sophie Austin• January 14, 2020 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s first White House press conference By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• March 25, 2021 Jobs fact-checks for Labor Day By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2015 Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention? By Amy Sherman• January 15, 2025 Fact-checking Joe Biden on inflation, the deficit and consumer confidence in the State of the Union By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2024 State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate By Natalie Dunlap, Liam Halawith, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Lyle Muller, Lauren White• October 19, 2022 Fact-checking California Gov. 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Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2023 in a campaign video: “Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.” By Michelle Andrews• October 2, 2023 Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter: "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. " By D.L. Davis• September 16, 2022 Robert Reich stated on August 29, 2011 in an opinion column: "The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression." By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2011 Mike Pence stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo: “We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.” By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023 Sean Hannity stated on January 20, 2013 in his Fox News show: Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago." By Louis Jacobson• January 25, 2013 Judson Hill stated on March 07, 2012 in a speech: "Every 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance today causes about 30,000 Georgians to be uninsured." By Eric Stirgus• March 20, 2012 Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union address: "For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is." By Joshua Gillin• January 29, 2014 Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy." By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2011 Donald Trump stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades. By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2022 Mitt Romney stated on April 09, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website: "What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama." By Louis Jacobson• April 12, 2012 Mike Pence stated on July 12, 2016 in a Donald Trump rally in Indiana: "Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana." By Louis Jacobson• July 14, 2016 Joe Biden stated on August 09, 2023 in an interview with the Weather Channel: “I’ve already” declared a national climate emergency By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2023 Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. By Louis Jacobson• September 28, 2023 Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2019 in a speech: "When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric." By John Kruzel• April 3, 2019 Michelle Malkin stated on August 02, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more." By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2009 Mitt Romney stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa: "We're inches away from no longer having a free economy." By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2011 Sherrod Brown stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release: Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump." By Peter Krouse• May 2, 2012 Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: "In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey." By Caryn Shinske• December 9, 2012 Reince Priebus stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression." By Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2011 Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: "Gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years." By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2014
Joe Biden’s release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: What you need to know By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2021 How big is America’s household debt burden today? Overall, not so bad By Louis Jacobson• December 27, 2019 Is the U.S. economy working for everyone? What the data shows By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2019 Why do so many Americans think the economy is bad when the data says otherwise? By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2024 The Biden-versus-Trump economy: Who did better on inflation, jobs, gasoline prices and more? By Louis Jacobson• March 4, 2024 Barack Obama urges audience to 'do a fact-check.' We oblige By Louis Jacobson• February 20, 2015 Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• November 16, 2022 The leading 2020 Democrats’ climate change plans, explained By Sophie Austin• January 14, 2020 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s first White House press conference By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• March 25, 2021 Jobs fact-checks for Labor Day By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2015 Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention? By Amy Sherman• January 15, 2025 Fact-checking Joe Biden on inflation, the deficit and consumer confidence in the State of the Union By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2024 State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate By Natalie Dunlap, Liam Halawith, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Lyle Muller, Lauren White• October 19, 2022 Fact-checking California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Inauguration Speech By Chris Nichols• January 7, 2019 James Carville says Barack Obama 'saved the auto industry' By Jon Greenberg• November 12, 2013 A closer look at Joe Biden’s attack on Donald Trump’s jobs record By Miriam Valverde• August 21, 2020 What caused crisis? No one thing By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• November 30, 2008 Could Donald Trump force US firms out of China? Pretty much By Jon Greenberg• August 27, 2019 Fact-checking the 2015 State of the Union and GOP Response By Bill Adair, Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno, Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• January 19, 2015 Are Americans flocking to low-tax states? By Louis Jacobson• April 9, 2013
