Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 a debate.

"The national economy was strong in its largest expansion of private sector jobs before President Trump came into office."

By Warren Fiske • September 25, 2018

West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 10, 2018 a tweet

"For only the second time since 2000, there are more job openings than Americans who are unemployed."

By Anja Martin • August 31, 2018

West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 8, 2018 a tweet

"The American economy is continuing its longest monthly streak of job growth in history, with 3.9 million jobs added since President Trump was elected."

By Warren Sterling • August 23, 2018

James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 a blog post

After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."

By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018

Noah Smith
stated on March 7, 2018 a Bloomberg View column

"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2018

Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 a campaign ad

"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."

By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017

Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 an op-ed

"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."

By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017

Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview on MSNBC

The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.

By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech at the state Democratic convention

"Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."

By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends"

"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on April 5, 2017 a news release

"Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses."

May 30, 2017

Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press

"2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California

By Chris Nichols • March 29, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 a press release on her website

Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."

March 18, 2017

Dan Forest
stated on March 6, 2017 a press conference in Texas

Says HB2 has hurt North Carolina’s economy by "one-tenth of 1 percent of our annual GDP."

By Will Doran • March 7, 2017

Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference

"The exodus of citizens from New York State has been growing."

By Dan Clark • January 20, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on September 19, 2016 a press conference

Even our attorney general who is a strong Democrat, she has said that we need causation in our workers’ comp system. That’s the No. 1 thing pushing our manufacturing jobs out of Illinois.

By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2016

Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 23, 2016 a speech in Buffalo

"Most private sector jobs in the history of Buffalo exist in Buffalo today"

By Dan Clark • September 24, 2016

John Plumb
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight.

Tom Reed "has actually voted for every single trade deal that has ever come before him in any form."

By Dan Clark • September 2, 2016

Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 comments at Texas Democratic Party convention

"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."

By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016

Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 8, 2016 a conversation with reporters in Victor, NY.

"We created 800,000 new jobs, we cut the unemployment rate almost in half and today New York State has more private sector jobs than it has ever had in its history"

By Dan Clark • July 22, 2016

Latest Fact-Checks In Jobs