Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2025 an interview on CNBC:

Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.

By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2025

Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 social media posts:

Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “Next question please,” when asked about the economy during an Aug. 29 CNN interview.

By Sofia Ahmed • September 27, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2024 an interview with a podcaster:

Vice President Kamala Harris “is a communist. … She is really a Marxist.”

By Amy Sherman • September 4, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2024 a Truth Social post:

“The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on February 12, 2024 Instagram posts:

Joe Biden’s tweet is proof that a helicopter crash that killed six Nigerian billionaires was planned by Biden.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 16, 2024

Isabel Brown
stated on August 23, 2023 a post on TikTok:

Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2023 una publicación en Facebook:

El presidente Joe Biden dijo, “estamos quebrados, completamente quebrados. Agarren su dinero del banco, sáquenlo, sáquenlo ya”.

By Maria Briceño • April 13, 2023

TikTok posts
stated on October 24, 2021 in a TikTok video:

Product shortages are manufactured; goods are stuck in warehouses.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 4, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 19, 2021 a Facebook post:

Photos show Joe Biden didn’t drive himself during an electric vehicle test drive.

By Gabrielle Settles • May 20, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2019 a tweet:

"In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism."

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2019

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement:

Potential Foxconn changes are due to "the wave of economic uncertainty" from Evers administration

By Eric Litke • February 1, 2019

Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 in an interview:

"Of course you've got a low unemployment rate when people've got to work two and three jobs just to make ends meet."

By Kyra Haas • October 15, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on July 13, 2018 an interview on PBS' "Firing Line":

"Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2018

Larry Kudlow
stated on June 29, 2018 an interview with Fox Business Network:

"The deficit ... is coming down, and it’s coming down rapidly."

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018

X posts
stated on February 5, 2018 a tweet attributed to @realdonaldtrump:

"If the Dow Joans ever falls more than 1000 ‘points’ in a Single Day the sitting president should be 'loaded' into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses!"

By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018

Bloggers
stated on July 8, 2017 a blog post:

"Obama goes to G20 summit ... Everywhere President Donald Trump goes, Obama shows up, too."

By Miriam Valverde • July 11, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech in Kenansville, N.C.:

"Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."

By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 18, 2016 "Flush," a campaign ad :

"And while (Ted) Strickland proposed cuts for services for children, he wasted over $250,000 remodeling his bathrooms at the governor’s mansion."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 1, 2016

Celia Israel
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats:

Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" caps are "made in China."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 24, 2016 an interview on CNN:

Unemployment numbers "are artificial numbers. These are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, it's a total disaster."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 25, 2016

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