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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

Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 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
stated on November 13, 2017 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
stated on November 29, 2017 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
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

Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 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
stated on November 15, 2017 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
stated on October 24, 2017 a campaign ad:

"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."

True

By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017

Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 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
stated on October 18, 2017 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
stated on October 4, 2017 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
stated on August 27, 2017 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
stated on September 19, 2017 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
stated on September 19, 2017 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
stated on September 5, 2017 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
stated on September 11, 2017 tweets:

"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 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

Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 a TV interview:

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."

Mostly True

By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on July 28, 2017 an interview:

Says Foxconn didn't keep a promise to build a plant in Pennsylvania because "Pennsylvania changed governors."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • August 25, 2017

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