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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 a campaign video.
Says more than 1 million Texans are jobless, the state has its highest unemployment rate in more than 20 years and joblessness doubled on Rick Perry’s watch.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 7, 2011 a news release
Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 16, 2011
Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupied Wall Street Journal
stated on October 5, 2011 an article
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 4, 2011 a press conference
Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • October 4, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"When it comes to being effective at creating jobs … (Chris Christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... Last year, New Jersey created no net new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 29, 2011 a television interview
Says the private sector in Texas created 1 million jobs over the past decade.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 30, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 newspaper article
Says Texas’ unemployment rate has doubled on Rick Perry’s watch.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 23, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on September 9, 2011 an opinion article
Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • September 22, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on September 17, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes"
More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2011
David Scott
David Scott
stated on September 9, 2011 a WABE-FM (90.1) radio interview
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, states would no longer have to lay off teachers, firefighters and police officers.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 16, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"170,000 of the jobs" created in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry "were government jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2011 a Republican presidential debate.
"When you look at what we have done over the last decade, we created 1 million jobs in the state of Texas. At the same time, (the rest of) America lost 2.5 million."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2011 a debate at the Reagan Library
"Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster" than Mitt Romney.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on September 7, 2011 a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library
Utah was "the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service" as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 23, 2011 a news release
Sherrod Brown "has stood side by side" with President Barack Obama, presiding "over the most rapid increase in the debt over the last 2.5 years" and hurtling toward " the worst jobs record in the modern era."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • September 8, 2011
SEIU
SEIU
stated on September 7, 2011 a political mailing
"Republicans fought to protect tax loopholes for corporations that send our jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 7, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on August 6, 2011 a Texas Capitol rally.
Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 10, 2011 a news conference in Belmar
"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 21, 2011
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