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Hillary Clinton
stated on September 6, 2016 a rally in Tampa

"That's legal: If you find out about somebody else's salary even if you're doing exactly the same job, you can be retaliated against, including being fired, in most places."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech

Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016

John Plumb
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight.

Tom Reed "has actually voted for every single trade deal that has ever come before him in any form."

True

By Dan Clark • September 2, 2016

Robin Schimminger
stated on August 3, 2016 a hearing on economic development in Albany, NY.

On job creation numbers in the latest Start-Up NY report: "This is a significant number of overcounts in the compilation that I’ve looked at."

False

By Dan Clark • August 26, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on June 14, 2016 a TV ad

Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas."

False

By Alison Dirr • August 26, 2016

Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 comments at Texas Democratic Party convention

"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."

True

By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa.

Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016

Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 5, 2016 a speech

Says Donald Trump "has a long history of exporting jobs overseas."

Half-True

August 17, 2016

Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention

Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."

Mostly True

By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 an economic address in Detroit

"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016

Carl Paladino
stated on July 17, 2016 a conversation with The Buffalo News at the Republican National Convention.

In Buffalo's SolarCity project, "Andrew Cuomo will create maybe 500 jobs if it ever happens at all, at about $1.5 million per job."

False

By Dan Clark • August 5, 2016

Gwen Graham
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech to Florida delegates at the Democratic National Convention

"We rank 38th in wages. ... (Rick Scott) goes out around the country and advertises that to other states."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • August 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention

"Our economy is so much stronger than when (Barack Obama and Joe Biden) took office. Nearly 15 million new private-sector jobs."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a video at the DNC

"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

Says Donald Trump "believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2016

Funny Or Die
stated on July 25, 2016 a video shown at the Democratic National Convention

Says Trump shirts are made in Bangladesh, Trump suits in Mexico, Trump Vodka in the Netherlands, Trump crystal barware in Slovenia and his cufflinks and ties in China.

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • July 26, 2016

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"We are the only industrialized nation that doesn't guarantee workers paid family leave."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 24, 2016 an interview on CNN

Unemployment numbers "are artificial numbers. These are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, it's a total disaster."

Pants on Fire!

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 25, 2016

Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 8, 2016 a conversation with reporters in Victor, NY.

"We created 800,000 new jobs, we cut the unemployment rate almost in half and today New York State has more private sector jobs than it has ever had in its history"

True

By Dan Clark • July 22, 2016

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