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stated on March 27, 2020 social media
Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
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By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 22, 2020 a speech
Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 10, 2019 a policy white paper
"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2019
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on September 20, 2019 a press release
Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • October 18, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 22, 2019 an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement
Foxconn has already "made a positive impact across Wisconsin with more than 1,000 new jobs."
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By Eric Litke • February 12, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 7, 2019 a congressional hearing
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 12, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet
"FACT: Unemployment rate has not decreased since @WVGovernor took office."
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By Cade Moisey, Matt Holleran • February 4, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 15, 2018 Tweet announcing new bill
Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."
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By Colin Meyn • November 16, 2018
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on October 20, 2018 an ad
"During the Strickland-Cordray era, taxes were raised by $800 million and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 26, 2018 a tweet
"Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2018
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on April 12, 2018 a TV interview
Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Mostly False
By Ahmed Elbenni • July 31, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 22, 2018 an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha
Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • June 6, 2018
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on April 16, 2018 a news release from Senate Democrats
In the wake of the Republican-backed tax bill, "more than 100,000 American workers have already been laid off in 2018."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2018
Tina Smith
Tina Smith
stated on April 10, 2018 a tweet
"On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 21, 2018 a tweet
Small businesses in West Virginia "make up about 96 percent of our state's economy."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2018
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on November 13, 2017 a tweet
"Check out the record of #jobs created by #TaxCuts 7.8 million new jobs after Bush’s 2003 tax cuts 12 million new jobs after Kennedy's 1964 tax cuts 14.8 MILLION new jobs after Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981."
Mostly False
By Emma Diltz • December 24, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 a statement released by her office
"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 a speech
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
X posts
X posts
stated on September 11, 2017 tweets
"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."  
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September 11, 2017
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