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Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2020 an interview:

Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic."

By Eric Litke • October 23, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on October 11, 2020 a news release:

Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."

By Nusaiba Mizan • October 20, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate:

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate:

In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 10, 2020 a speech at a rally in Michigan:

"After the last administration nearly killed the US auto industry, I saved the U.S. auto industry ... We brought you a lot of car plants… (and Japan) “announced five car companies are coming to Michigan.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2020

Wisconsin Trump Victory
stated on August 12, 2020 an email:

Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs

By Laura Schulte • August 18, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on July 29, 2020 an email:

The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years.

By Jessica Calefati • August 14, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 a SEIU roundtable discussion:

“McDonald’s (makes) you all sign noncompete contracts that you cannot go across town to try to get a job at Burger King.”

By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2020

Don Pridemore
stated on April 24, 2020 an interview:

Says Gov. Tony Evers “has never had a real job.”

By D.L. Davis • May 8, 2020

Mike Parson
stated on February 14, 2020 a speech:

“Right now we have over 40,000 new jobs in a little over 18 months” in Missouri.

By Jack Kosowski • March 16, 2020

Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 5, 2020 a CNN town hall:

“We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020:

"Years of economic decay are over" because Trump "reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration."

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2020

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."

By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet:

"Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."

By Madlin Mekelburg • November 21, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 a debate:

"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on August 12, 2019 a CNN interview:

It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year."

By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2019 a rally in Manchester, NH:

Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.

By Jon Greenberg • August 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

Dale Righter
stated on April 29, 2019 a TV interview:

"The last time Illinois raised the minimum wage in 2006, the very next year this state lost 50,000 jobs. The prediction this time is, we’ll lose 90,000 jobs."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 5, 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

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