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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 in 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
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 in 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
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 in 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
Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 in 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 in a tweet:
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on November 13, 2017 in a tweet:
"Check out the record of #jobs created by #TaxCuts 7.8 million new jobs after Bush’s 2003 tax cuts 12 million new jobs after Kennedy's 1964 tax cuts 14.8 MILLION new jobs after Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981."
Mostly False
By Emma Diltz • December 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 in a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
Missouri is one of "13 states this year have seen unemployment drop to the lowest levels in the history of their state."
False
By Lucille Sherman • December 15, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 in 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 in a cabinet meeting:
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 15, 2017 in a video ad posted on his campaign website:
"The Texas unemployment rate is now the lowest it’s been in 40 years & Texas led the nation last month in new job creation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2017
Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
True
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed:
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
True
By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 in a speech:
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 in a video:
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 in an email:
"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 in a conversation with reporters:
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2017 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly:
"Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on September 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2017
X posts
X posts
stated on September 11, 2017 in tweets:
"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 in a town hall:
Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2017
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