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Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 a meme on social media:

Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day":

Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 an interview:

Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2015

Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The labor participation rate is at an all-time low."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • March 8, 2015

Tom Graves
stated on February 24, 2015 a press release:

President Barack Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline killed "42,000 jobs."

Half-True

By Nancy Badertscher • March 2, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation:

Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015

Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 a floor speech.:

"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015

Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 the 2015 State of the County address:

In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."

Mostly True

By April Hunt • February 13, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"92 million Americans aren't working."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015

Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "10 News Conference":

"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 the governor's State of the State address:

"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."

True

By April Hunt • February 3, 2015

John Boehner
stated on January 25, 2015 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":

The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2015

Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com:

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on January 26, 2015 a breakfast talk in Iowa:

The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 13, 2015 a press release:

Mercedes-Benz USA moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.

Mostly True

By April Hunt • January 26, 2015

John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2015 a post on his U.S. Senate website:

The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2015

Andy Puzder
stated on January 13, 2015 an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal:

"Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 21, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2015

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