Latest Fact-checks by Louis Jacobson Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2024 in a statement to the media: President Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate. Joe Biden stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad: Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.” Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.” Joe Biden stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X: “Inflation has been at the pre-pandemic level of 2% over the last half year.” Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2024 in an appearance on Dan Bongino's show: In Oklahoma, "I won 77 out of 77 counties. Ronald Reagan is second with 56." Donna Brazile stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.” Joe Biden stated on January 24, 2024 in a speech to the United Auto Workers: “Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump's presidency,” but during Biden’s presidency, “we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.” Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents." Ron DeSantis stated on January 17, 2024 in an event in Hampton, N.H.: “Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 4, 2024 in a CNN town hall: In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.” Nikki Haley stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H.: “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID." SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire: Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.” Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S. Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” Joe Biden stated on December 5, 2023 in a post on X: “We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.” Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in an event in Derry, N.H.: China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades." Joe Biden stated on November 27, 2023 in remarks at the White House: Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.” Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in a speech at the Oxford Union: “In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.” Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.” TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok: The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.” Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust." Markwayne Mullin stated on November 15, 2023 in an interview with CNN: “Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.” Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters." Chris Christie stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.” Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2024 in a statement to the media: President Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate. Joe Biden stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad: Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.” Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.” Joe Biden stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X: “Inflation has been at the pre-pandemic level of 2% over the last half year.” Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2024 in an appearance on Dan Bongino's show: In Oklahoma, "I won 77 out of 77 counties. Ronald Reagan is second with 56." Donna Brazile stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.” Joe Biden stated on January 24, 2024 in a speech to the United Auto Workers: “Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump's presidency,” but during Biden’s presidency, “we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.” Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents." Ron DeSantis stated on January 17, 2024 in an event in Hampton, N.H.: “Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 4, 2024 in a CNN town hall: In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.” Nikki Haley stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H.: “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID." SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire: Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.” Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S. Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” Joe Biden stated on December 5, 2023 in a post on X: “We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.” Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in an event in Derry, N.H.: China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades." Joe Biden stated on November 27, 2023 in remarks at the White House: Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.” Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in a speech at the Oxford Union: “In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.” Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.” TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok: The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.” Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust." Markwayne Mullin stated on November 15, 2023 in an interview with CNN: “Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.” Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters." Chris Christie stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.” Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2024 in a statement to the media: President Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate.
Joe Biden stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad: Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.”
Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”
Joe Biden stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X: “Inflation has been at the pre-pandemic level of 2% over the last half year.”
Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2024 in an appearance on Dan Bongino's show: In Oklahoma, "I won 77 out of 77 counties. Ronald Reagan is second with 56."
Donna Brazile stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”
Joe Biden stated on January 24, 2024 in a speech to the United Auto Workers: “Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump's presidency,” but during Biden’s presidency, “we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs.”
Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”
Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."
Ron DeSantis stated on January 17, 2024 in an event in Hampton, N.H.: “Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”
Ron DeSantis stated on January 4, 2024 in a CNN town hall: In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.”
Nikki Haley stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H.: “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire: Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
Joe Biden stated on December 5, 2023 in a post on X: “We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.”
Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in an event in Derry, N.H.: China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."
Joe Biden stated on November 27, 2023 in remarks at the White House: Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.”
Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in a speech at the Oxford Union: “In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”
Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok: The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”
Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
Markwayne Mullin stated on November 15, 2023 in an interview with CNN: “Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”
Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."
Chris Christie stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”
Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”