Fact Check Posts – Page 19

Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 22, 2019 a post on Medium:

"The country is now in a manufacturing recession."

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 9, 2019 Twitter:

"Food Stamp participation hits 10 year low."

By Stefanie Pousoulides • July 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post:

"42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2019 remarks to South Korean business leaders:

"We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2019

Charles Payne
stated on June 17, 2019 a TV appearance:

"When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street."

By Bill McCarthy • June 25, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2019 a speech at the California Democratic Party Convention:

President Trump’s tariffs are "taking $1.4 billion out of working people’s pockets every month."

By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2019

Mike Murphy
stated on May 22, 2019 remarks during a press conference:

Says when New York "implemented a program" to tax the wealthy at higher rates it saw a revenue shortfall "because of the outward migration of their top earners."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 30, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 16, 2019 an immigration speech:

"Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases."

By Miriam Valverde • May 24, 2019

Steve Bullock
stated on May 19, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019

JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 a speech:

Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on May 10, 2019 a tweet:

Says Wisconsin payday loans have a 574% average annual interest rate, "exploitative lending that keeps Americans trapped in debt"

By Eric Litke • May 14, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2019 remarks at the White House:

Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2019

Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2019 a tweet:

"99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce."

By Eric Litke • May 7, 2019

Terry Gou
stated on May 1, 2019 a press conference:

"We suspended the (Foxconn) work around October, November last year because the weather there was snowy and icy cold."

By Eric Litke • May 2, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2019 a rally:

"The unemployment rate for Wisconsin workers has reached historic lows. It’s never been this low before, ever, ever, ever."

By Mica Soellner • May 2, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall in New Hampshire:

Speaking of the financial crisis that gained traction in 2007, "I talked about it to anyone who would listen, a crisis is coming."

By Miriam Valverde • April 30, 2019

Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on April 1, 2019 in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill:

"We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."

By Olivia Garrett • April 30, 2019

Nikki Bowmar
stated on March 30, 2019 a comment in a newspaper article:

Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."

By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall:

"The majority of women are minimum wage workers."

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2019 a tweet:

"In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism."

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2019

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