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

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

Kevin McCarthy
stated on March 14, 2021 an interview on Fox News:

“Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 17, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2018 an exchange with reporters:

Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."

By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 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

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Detroit:

"Back in the Great Recession, when millions of jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, ‘Let it go.’ "

By Lauren Carroll • October 18, 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

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2016 a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary:

"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2015 a press conference:

The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product … was below zero. Who ever heard of this? It's never below zero."

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2015 a meme on social media:

"During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2015

George Will
stated on April 5, 2015 an appearance on Fox News Sunday:

Says President Ronald Reagan "had a month of job creation of 1 million."

By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on January 26, 2015 a breakfast talk in Iowa:

The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2014 a meme on social media:

"When (Barack Obama) took office, 2.3 million people were out of work. Five-plus years later, we have 5 million-plus out of work."

By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 a jobs proposal:

"Wisconsin wages are declining at double the rate of other states."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 31, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on March 5, 2014 a TV ad:

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "unemployment's up" from 4.8% to 6.2%

By Tom Kertscher • March 7, 2014

Jonathan Boucher
stated on January 31, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary:

"The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on January 7, 2014 an interview:

Scott Walker's income "tax plan is a tax hike. It increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state."

By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2014

Amardeep Kaleka
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview:

Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland."

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2013

Paul LePage
stated on October 14, 2013 a speech in Falmouth, Maine:

"About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work."

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013

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