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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet:
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2019
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on October 11, 2018 in remarks at the White House:
In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on December 27, 2017 in an interview:
"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 10, 2018
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 in an email blast:
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 in an email:
"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 in a television interview:
"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview:
Fifty percent of workers ages 55 to 64 have "zero" money "in the bank as they enter retirement."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 in a press release:
Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’"
Half-True
By Erika Stark • November 3, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 in remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.:
"One in five American households have nobody under the same roof that's got a job."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2016
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 in a TV ad:
"Richard Burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people."
Half-True
By Will Doran • November 2, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio:
Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 11, 2016 in a debate:
"In 67 different ways, Governor McCrory has raised taxes on middle income families."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 14, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in 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
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on August 22, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says in Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard Burr "took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks."
Half-True
By Will Doran • August 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2016 in an Instagram post:
"Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate:
"There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 3, 2016
Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 in following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing:
Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."
Half-True
By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016
Lee Camp
Lee Camp
stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight":
"In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 21, 2016
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