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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 2, 2020 a TV interview
“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • August 13, 2020
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 2, 2020 a tweet
“34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
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By D.L. Davis • August 12, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on June 9, 2020 Facebook post
Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits.
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By Laura Schulte • June 30, 2020
Mun Choi
Mun Choi
stated on February 25, 2020 an email update
“The facility (NextGen Precision Health Institute) construction alone will bring 3,400 jobs and $472 million in revenue to Missouri.”
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By Julia Garlich • April 24, 2020
Public Citizen
Public Citizen
stated on April 4, 2020 a tweet
Says 3.5 million U.S. citizens lost their employer-tied health insurance in March, while zero lost their coverage in 20 other large nations combined.
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By Madeline Heim • April 16, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2020 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2020
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on February 1, 2020 a House Special Committee hearing on Criminal Justice
“In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.”
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By Sean Na • March 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a public forum
“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”
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By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
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By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet
"Since President (Donald Trump’s) election, 36,000 jobs have been created in WI."
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By Eric Litke • November 21, 2019
Jack Salzwedel
Jack Salzwedel
stated on October 8, 2019 a public forum
"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery." 
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By D.L. Davis • November 1, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 27, 2019 a tweet
"Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years."
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By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • September 26, 2019
Donald Trump
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."
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By Miriam Valverde • May 24, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."
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By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 7, 2019 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2019
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet
"Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."
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By Bill McCarthy • February 13, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 3, 2019 an op-ed
"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."
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By Erica Anderson, Mylana Chico • February 4, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 28, 2018 a radio interview.
During his governorship: "Every single city and county in Virginia, their unemployment dropped, and in most of the rural communities, it dropped more than 50 percent."  
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By Warren Fiske • December 4, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
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By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2018 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018
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