Fact Check Posts – Page 18

Ron Johnson
stated on April 29, 2016

Says he "started" the Pacur plastics manufacturing company he owns.

May 4, 2016

Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing

Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."

By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."

By Linda Qiu • May 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 21, 2016 a campaign rally speech

"Pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001" and "Harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001."

By Anna Orso • April 22, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 10, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."

By Linda Qiu • April 10, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with a customer at a Gainesville, Fla., Starbucks

"We got a million jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016

Peter Kinder
stated on March 17, 2016 a gubernatorial debate

"Youth unemployment in minority communities is about 40 to 45 percent."

By Katie Moeller • April 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 a speech

Wisconsin’s "effective" unemployment rate is 20 percent.

March 30, 2016

Vicky Hartzler
stated on March 24, 2016 an interview with ABC17 News

"We have less Americans working now than in the ’70s."

By Conner Smith • March 26, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on March 20, 2016 a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton

"80 percent of the American people haven’t gotten a pay raise since the crash."

By Anthony Cave • March 24, 2016

Roy Blunt
stated on January 15, 2016 a news release

"The [Obama] administration’s regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work"

By Mike Jenner • March 17, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Miami

"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016

John Kasich
stated on February 27, 2016 a television ad

"Twenty million Americans are out of work."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.

"NAFTA, supported by the Secretary (Clinton), cost us 800,000 jobs nationwide."

By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 12, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com

Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."

By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee

"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2016 a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary

"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

Gina Raimondo
stated on January 26, 2016 economic development report

"Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI … Advantage:Rhode Island."

By Mark Reynolds • February 7, 2016

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