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stated on February 11, 2019 a Facebook post

Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."

Mostly True

By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019

Phil Scott
stated on January 24, 2019 his budget address in the Statehouse.

"Every county, including Chittenden, has fewer people available for work."

False

By Colin Meyn, Felippe Rodrigues • January 26, 2019

Leah Vukmir
stated on July 26, 2018 a public forum

Says "I have been through the gauntlet, when we had riots in that Capitol."

Pants on Fire!

By D.L. Davis • September 4, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2018 a tweet

"Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2018

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

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 a website campaign statement

Says he was "instrumental to passing two (recent) pieces of legislation that were a huge victory for firefighters across the state."

Mostly False

By Eric Litke • May 7, 2018

Randy Bryce
stated on March 14, 2018 an interview

"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."

Mostly True

April 25, 2018

Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 an interview

About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."

Half-True

February 2, 2018

Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 his State of the State address

"A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions."

False

By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on October 22, 2017 An MSNBC interview

Says West Virginia is "down to around 50 percent of the adult workers who are actually working now because of addiction or conviction."

Half-True

By Allison Colburn • October 27, 2017

Stacey Evans
stated on August 5, 2017 a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution

There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care.

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2017

Paul Soglin
stated on June 18, 2017 an interview

Since he and Scott Walker took office in 2011, "60,000 new jobs have been created in this state -- 40,000 of them were created in Madison and the Madison area."

False

July 5, 2017

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 16, 2017 a speech at a conference

A national paid leave program "would potentially put into the economy $21 billion dollars annually."

Mostly False

By Dan Clark • June 15, 2017

Kathy Hochul
stated on May 25, 2017 a speech at City & State’s State of NY Women forum

"We have pay equity. When you think about that wage gap, we all know it's 78 cents to the dollar. Well, in New York state it's 90 cents to the dollar."

Mostly True

By Dan Clark • June 9, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work"

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017

Bill de Blasio
stated on February 13, 2017 his 2017 State of the City address

"We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."

Half-True

By Dan Clark • March 8, 2017

Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 20, 2017 an interview

Says Scott Walker is proposing to add 485 employees "in the category of supervisor and management" to his Department of Administration.

Mostly True

March 1, 2017

Patrick Murphy
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate

"When asked about equal pay for women, (Rubio’s) quote was that it was a waste of time."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • October 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech in North Carolina

Says "Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers’ rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate

Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

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