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Donald Trump
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
Jennifer Shilling
stated on August 14, 2017 a press release
"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."  
Half-True
August 16, 2017
One Wisconsin Now
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
August 15, 2017
Melissa Sargent
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
August 11, 2017
Greg Abbott
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
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
August 2, 2017
Gavin Newsom
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
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"Foxconn is bringing 13,000 high-tech jobs to Wisconsin."  
Half-True
July 27, 2017
Andy Gronik
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 • July 26, 2017
Donald Trump
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
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
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
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
July 5, 2017
Mark Pocan
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
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
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
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
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
Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on May 31, 2017 a speech
Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 2, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 5, 2017 a news release
"Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses."
True
May 30, 2017
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