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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
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
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
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 28, 2023 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2023
Mike Palicz
Mike Palicz
stated on February 7, 2023 a tweet
The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 10, 2023
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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 2, 2021 a press conference in Glasgow
“Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 social media
Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 22, 2020 a speech
Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 22, 2019 an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 7, 2019 a congressional hearing
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 12, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 31, 2018 a TV ad
"New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people."  
Mostly False
August 7, 2018
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on April 12, 2018 a TV interview
Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Mostly False
By Ahmed Elbenni • July 31, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on January 17, 2018 a tweet
"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 7, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address
"After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 a statement released by her office
"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2017
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin has "the fastest-shrinking middle class in the country."  
Mostly False
By Kevin Crowe • November 29, 2017
Alex Castellanos
Alex Castellanos
stated on August 20, 2017 comments on ABC's 'This Week'
"(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people." 
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017
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