Workers Scorecard True 0% 70 Checks Mostly True 0% 117 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 92 Checks False 0% 66 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 16 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Workers Donald Trump stated on February 2, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino: Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.” February 2, 2026 Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: “The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.” September 5, 2025 X posts stated on February 16, 2025 in an X post: The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.” By Caleb McCullough • February 18, 2025 Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters: About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2024 Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.” By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people." By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2024 New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.” By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024 Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.: “The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.” By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024 JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Did Trump kill ‘Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965’? Here’s why that claim caused confusion • January 24, 2025 Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2024 The Biden-versus-Trump economy: Who did better on inflation, jobs, gasoline prices and more? By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2024 As Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential bid, how has Florida fared economically on his watch? By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023 Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S. By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2023 Evers-O-Meter update of Gov. Tony Evers campaign promises By D.L. Davis • July 5, 2022 Fact-checking Ted Cruz’s ‘Real State of the Union’ By Nusaiba Mizan • March 17, 2022 Which campaign promises did Joe Biden tackle first? By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2021 What’s in Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan? By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2021 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s visit to Kenosha – on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19 By Eric Litke, Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020
