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Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation
"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
Mostly True
By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on November 8, 2018 an op-ed
"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."
True
By Julia Mellett, Sadaf Nikzad • December 7, 2018
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on November 27, 2018 a tweet
At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."
True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green, Kenna Richards, Patrick Orsagos • December 6, 2018
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 1, 2018 a legislative report mailer
"The small cell bill is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs and attract $2 billion in capital investment, resulting in nearly $4 billion in economic growth over the next few years."
Half-True
By Ryan Hanrahan • December 5, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 29, 2018 a press conference at the border
There was "an estimated $5.3 million of economic loss just for a few hours of shutting down the border. You’re talking about millions and millions of dollars — billions of dollars — of economic consequence, if we continue with this rhetoric around shutting down the border without considering what that means."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 3, 2018
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 31, 2018 a debate
"Last year we had the eighth fastest-growing economy in the country in West Virginia."
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos, Zack Schwehm • November 29, 2018
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on November 9, 2018 a tweet
"In fact 7 out of 10 new jobs in America are created by small businesses."
True
By Titus Wu • November 19, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 15, 2018 Tweet announcing new bill
Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • November 16, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 29, 2018 a tweet
"Middle-class income rose to a record level in 2017 as the strong economy lifted the fortunes of more Americans."
True
By Warren Sterling • November 15, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Half-True
By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 14, 2018 a tweet
"West Virginia added the highest percentage of new construction jobs in 2017 in the United States, at 14.4%. This amounted to 4,300 additional jobs! In fact, #WV was the only state with double-digit growth!"
True
By Adrianne Uphold • November 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.
"Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high."
True
By Matt Minard • November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2018 a speech
"All across Ohio, steel mills are reopening."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas • October 24, 2018
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on October 11, 2018 Campaign email
"Our unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average."   
False
By Colin Deppen • October 18, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 in an interview
"Of course you've got a low unemployment rate when people've got to work two and three jobs just to make ends meet."  
Pants on Fire!
By Kyra Haas • October 15, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 in an interview
Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas • October 15, 2018
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on August 27, 2018 a tweet
"Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"
True
By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall • October 5, 2018
Tim Kaine
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."  
True
By Warren Fiske • September 25, 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."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018
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