Fact Check Posts – Page 10

Tim Lee
stated on June 30, 2015 mass email

Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.

By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 6, 2015 a rally in Portland, Maine

For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a written statement.

"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.

By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech

"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."

July 8, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2015 a post on Twitter

"The gap between the very rich and everyone else in America is wider today than at any time since the 1920s."

By Louis Jacobson, Miles Adair • June 18, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 his speech declaring his candidacy for president

"In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2015

Patricia Morgan
stated on May 27, 2015 a news conference

The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."

By Mark Reynolds • June 7, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando

Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas."

By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2015

Bill Gates
stated on May 17, 2015 an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS"

The "highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. Income tax rates were 90 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"We doubled the size of the company (Hewlett-Packard)."

By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015

Maggie Hassan
stated on February 12, 2015 her budget address

Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.

By Casey McDermott • February 13, 2015

Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 the 2015 State of the County address

In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."

By April Hunt • February 13, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech in Detroit

"Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether."

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 13, 2015 a press release

Mercedes-Benz USA moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.

By April Hunt • January 26, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address

"Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2015 remarks in Clinton, Tenn.

"Factories are opening their doors at the fastest pace in almost two decades."

By Lauren Carroll • January 20, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 the governor's State of the State address

"Georgia is now the eighth most populous state in the nation, moving from the number 10 position in just four years."

By April Hunt • January 16, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on January 7, 2015 a tweet

Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."

January 14, 2015

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