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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2017 a tweet
Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a White House web page
Says he created "over 500,000 new jobs -- with a surge in female employment last month."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2017
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on April 20, 2017 an op-ed
"More than 260,000 Americans are employed by the domestic solar industry — three times as many workers as employed by the entire coal mining industry."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech
"We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."  
Mostly True
April 19, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address
"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica • April 13, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 a television interview
"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall
"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press
California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire "are experiencing tremendous job growth."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press
"2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California
True
By Chris Nichols • March 29, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 a press release on her website
Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."
True
March 18, 2017
Patricia Farley
Patricia Farley
stated on March 14, 2017 a news conference in the Capitol
"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • March 14, 2017
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on March 6, 2017 a press conference in Texas
Says HB2 has hurt North Carolina’s economy by "one-tenth of 1 percent of our annual GDP."
True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2017
Janet Cruz
Janet Cruz
stated on March 7, 2017 a speech
"Florida pays our teachers $10,000 a year less than the national average."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 a statement to press
"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 a roundtable discussion
"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
Mostly True
February 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 a press conference
"The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 16, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 7, 2017 a Fox News interview
Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 14, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 23, 2017 the daily press briefing
There has been a "dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference
"The exodus of citizens from New York State has been growing."
True
By Dan Clark • January 20, 2017
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