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Scott Walker
stated on July 19, 2017 a tweet:

"We took Wisconsin from the Bottom 10 for business to the Top 10."

Mostly False

By Eric Litke • August 23, 2017

Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 18, 2017 an article on LinkedIn:

"70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults."

Half-True

By Dan Clark • August 18, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2017 a question-and-answer session with reporters:

Wages "haven’t gone up for a long time."

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2017

Jennifer Shilling
stated on August 14, 2017 a press release:

"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 16, 2017

One Wisconsin Now
stated on August 7, 2017 a tweet:

Wisconsin's $3 billion incentive offer to Foxconn is "the largest gift ever by a state to a foreign company."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 15, 2017

Melissa Sargent
stated on August 2, 2017 a tweet:

On Foxconn deal, "3,000 jobs cost #WI taxpayers more than $3 billion in tax giveaways. Break it down: more than $1 million in taxpayer dollars per job."

False

By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2017

Greg Abbott
stated on July 14, 2017 his speech kicking off his re-election campaign:

"More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017

One Wisconsin Now
stated on July 28, 2017 a blog post:

Says Scott Walker "wants state taxpayers to dole out up to $250 million annually in incentives" to Foxconn "to lure a manufacturing plant to Wisconsin that he claims will generate $181 million in tax revenue."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 2, 2017

Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:

The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.

True

By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet:

"Foxconn is bringing 13,000 high-tech jobs to Wisconsin."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2017

Andy Gronik
stated on July 11, 2017 an interview:

Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row."

Half-True

By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 a speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree:

"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on July 22, 2017 Fox News interview:

Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media.

Mostly False

By Manuela Tobias • July 23, 2017

Casey Cagle
stated on June 22, 2017 a meeting with small business owners:

Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2017

Paul Soglin
stated on June 18, 2017 an interview:

Since he and Scott Walker took office in 2011, "60,000 new jobs have been created in this state -- 40,000 of them were created in Madison and the Madison area."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 5, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech at the state Democratic convention:

"Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."

True

By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017

Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 13, 2017 an email:

"A study by the National Economics Research Association showed that the (Paris climate) deal could cost 2.7 million lost jobs in the U.S. by 2025 should our country adhere to the commitments made by the Obama Administration."

False

By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends":

"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."

True

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends":

"While (women) represent 47 percent of the overall work force, we only make up 23 percent of STEM-related occupations."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2017

Scott Pruitt
stated on June 4, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Since the fourth quarter of last year until most recently, we've added almost 50,000 jobs in the coal sector. In the month of May alone, almost 7,000 jobs."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2017

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