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NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video:

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

False

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 a news release:

Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview:

Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2015

Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:

"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015

Wisconsin Contractor Coalition
stated on February 23, 2015 a website claim:

Says Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s "own 2014 survey revealed that just 15 percent of business executive respondents were in favor of Right-To-Work legislation."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • February 25, 2015

Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before the House Committee on Labor:

The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2015

Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 a speech:

"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2014

Nik Kovac
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV interview:

Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":

"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014

Jeremy Schaap
stated on May 28, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:

"Qataris don't really work."

False

By Jon Greenberg • June 2, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 5, 2014 a campaign email:

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s repeal of a 2009 law has left Wisconsin as "one of five states without an equal pay law protecting women from gender discrimination in their paycheck."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • April 13, 2014

Kai Ryssdal
stated on February 18, 2014 a "Marketplace" segment:

A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."

False

By Katie Sanders • February 20, 2014

Traditional Values Coalition
stated on December 6, 2013 a fundraising email:

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act "discriminates against Christian daycare, Christian parents, Christian business owners, and the rights of religious freedom."

False

By Julie Kliegman • December 16, 2013

Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:

Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013

Jim McDermott
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Politics Nation":

"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."

False

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on September 19, 2013 a speech.:

Since Obamacare became law, "most of our new jobs have been part-time jobs."

False

By Sean Gorman • October 18, 2013

Allen West
stated on July 8, 2013 a tweet:

"More Americans receive food aid than work in (the) private sector."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2013

Melvin Sickler
stated on March 14, 2013 a U.S. Senate hearing :

Says Oregon’s high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."

False

By Christian Gaston • April 13, 2013

Mike Tate
stated on December 3, 2012 a blog post:

"Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."

False

By James B. Nelson • December 17, 2012

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