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Luis Gutierrez
stated on May 12, 2016 in a speech

"Every single strawberry that is served to Members of Congress will have passed through the rough hands of an undocumented immigrant."

Half-True

By Taylor Leighton • July 22, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 14, 2016 a speech.

Says Donald Trump is "against minimum wage."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • July 19, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a Donald Trump rally in Indiana

"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Charlotte, N.C.

Says Donald Trump "wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage."

True

By Will Doran • July 8, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2016 remarks in Ottawa, Canada

"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2016 a speech in Monessen, Penn.

"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • June 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2016 a tweet

"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on June 3, 2016 a tweet

"Despite the rhetoric from Democrat politicians, more people are employed this year than at any point in the history of Wisconsin."

Mostly True

By Sarah Hauer • June 27, 2016

David Miliband
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"

"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."

True

By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 10, 2016 a speech.

Says the unemployment rate for African-American youths is 59 percent.

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • June 20, 2016

Dave Brat
stated on May 24, 2016 Facebook post.

"The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s."

True

By Sean Gorman • June 13, 2016

National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
stated on May 17, 2016 a website post.

"The vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement

"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016

Chris Koster
stated on April 22, 2016 a tweet

"Closing our state’s wage gap would make a $9 billion difference to Missouri women."

Mostly True

By Conner Smith • May 18, 2016

Tom Marino
stated on May 5, 2016 an interview on MSNBC.

Twenty million Americans are "out of work."

Half-True

By Anna Orso, Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2016

Jerry Brown
stated on April 26, 2016 a statement

"California has added twice as many jobs as Florida" over the past year.

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • May 6, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on May 4, 2016 a tweet

"Increasing the min. wage to $15 an hour would reduce spending on food stamps, public housing and other programs by over $7.6 billion a year."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2016

Enterprise Florida
stated on April 27, 2016 Enterprise Florida radio ads in California

"Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • May 4, 2016

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