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Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends"

"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018

James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 a blog post

After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."

True

By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018

Charles Schumer
stated on April 16, 2018 a news release from Senate Democrats

In the wake of the Republican-backed tax bill, "more than 100,000 American workers have already been laid off in 2018."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on April 4, 2018 a tweet

"Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"

Half-True

April 18, 2018

Tina Smith
stated on April 10, 2018 a tweet

"On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2018

Brian Kolb
stated on March 31, 2018 a statement on the state budget

This year’s state budget "continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program"

False

By Dan Clark • April 9, 2018

Alex Mooney
stated on March 25, 2018 a Wall Street Journal op-ed

"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on March 21, 2018 a tweet

Small businesses in West Virginia "make up about 96 percent of our state's economy."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2018

Noah Smith
stated on March 7, 2018 a Bloomberg View column

"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2018

Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet

Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 21, 2017 radio interview

"We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin."

Half-True

By Eric Litke • February 23, 2018

Stacey Evans
stated on January 26, 2018 campaign website

Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."

Mostly True

By Miriam Valverde • February 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address

"Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 a tweet

"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 9, 2018 a talk radio appearance

"Chicago now has the highest employment in the private sector in the history of the city."

False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 22, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 16, 2018 a speech at a women's event in Washington

"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2018

Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 his State of the State address

"A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions."

False

By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018

Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 a radio interview

"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."

Mostly True

By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018

Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post

"In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018

Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post

Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.

Mostly True

By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018

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