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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 25, 2024 an interview with MSNBC:
“Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 a speech:
Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."
Mostly False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 15, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 an interview with Fox News:
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
Brian Schimming
Brian Schimming
stated on March 13, 2024 Statement:
“On Joe Biden’s watch, Wisconsin has lost 6,000 manufacturing jobs and 455 dairy farms in the last year.”
Mostly False
By Ricardo Torres • March 20, 2024
One Nation
One Nation
stated on September 4, 2023 a petition:
Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”
Mostly False
By Aidan Cornue • October 24, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2023 a speech in Milwaukee:
“A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2022 Public statement:
“A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • December 1, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 16, 2022 remarks at the White House:
The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 24, 2022 Twitter:
"There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 2, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 Twitter:
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
Mostly False
By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Liberal Groups
Liberal Groups
stated on June 2, 2022 Public statement:
"Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. The RNC convention will simply replace those who normally visit our city."
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • July 12, 2022
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
stated on June 17, 2022 an interview with Barron's:
“When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2022
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 15, 2022 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on April 7, 2022 an ad:
"As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 22, 2022
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on April 3, 2022 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on March 17, 2022 an ad:
"David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 29, 2022
Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro
stated on March 1, 2022 a YouTube video:
"There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • March 9, 2022
Jim Steineke
Jim Steineke
stated on January 17, 2021 a TV interview:
Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 3, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2020 a White House briefing:
“We're setting record job numbers.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 6, 2020 a Facebook post:
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2020
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