Fact Check Posts – Page 12

Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a campaign press statement:

Says that in his first two years, "Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade."

By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2013

Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 an interview with WJAR-TV:

"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013

Jack Ohman
stated on April 25, 2013 a column on an editorial cartoon.:

Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2013

Mark Johnson
stated on April 11, 2013 a floor speech:

Says "Every legislative district in the state has at least one craft brewery and countless home brewers."

By Yuxing Zheng • April 27, 2013

Sal Albanese
stated on March 24, 2013 a joint mayoral candidates' appearance on MSNBC:

An annual income of $500,000 "in Manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class."

By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2013

Ron Book
stated on March 6, 2013 a state legislative committee hearing:

"Super Bowl L by everybody's estimation is a $500 million economic impact to the state of Florida."

By Amy Sherman • March 14, 2013

Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 his State of the State speech:

A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013

Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in a memo:

Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."

By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013

Sean Hannity
stated on January 20, 2013 his Fox News show:

Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2013

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 5, 2012 a news conference.:

Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.

By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2013

Dawson Hodgson
stated on January 3, 2013 a radio interview:

"The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."

By Michael McKinney • January 13, 2013

Zell Miller
stated on December 11, 2012 an op-ed:

"[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia."

By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2012

Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 a New York Times news story:

Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.

By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012

Mike Tate
stated on December 3, 2012 a blog post:

"Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."

By James B. Nelson • December 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 a report:

"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012

Pam Bondi
stated on November 28, 2012 remarks to the Florida Chamber of Commerce:

"National studies are already showing the negative effects that the health care law is having on businesses and our economy. Businesses across the country are raising their prices … (or) cutting jobs as a result of the added cost."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2012

Michael Moore
stated on November 2, 2012 a tweet:

Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month."

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012

Ted Strickland
stated on October 17, 2012 an interview on CNN:

Says Gov. John Kasich incorrectly claimed Ohio’s economy was 38th in the nation when he took office. "We were sixth in the nation in terms of economic job growth."

By Sabrina Eaton • October 25, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate:

"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":

"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2012

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