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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 an interview with Dan Bongino
Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 a Cabinet meeting
“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on February 16, 2025 an X post
The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 18, 2025
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on December 5, 2024 remarks to reporters
About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 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.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 an interview on "60 Minutes"
"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes"
"We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2024
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on September 27, 2024 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.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 an event in Bethlehem, Pa.
“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 25, 2024 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.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 an interview with Time magazine
“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 12, 2024 a fundraising event in Seattle
"China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2024
Lisa Subeck
Lisa Subeck
stated on February 16, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”
True
By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2024
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 3, 2024 TV interview
“We just had 100% increase in layoffs.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • March 29, 2024
Carl Weisbrod
Carl Weisbrod
stated on March 3, 2024 an op-ed
“The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.”
Mostly True
By Mary McNaughton, Delainey Muscato • March 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 a rally in Rome, Georgia
"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2024 a rally
“The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 23, 2024
Linda Rosenthal
Linda Rosenthal
stated on February 6, 2024 a quote in a news article
“Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Mostly True
By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • February 21, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 2, 2024 a town hall in Rye, N.H.
“Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 28, 2023 a speech in Maine
"Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2023
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