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Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on February 10, 2018 opening remarks at a Republican gubernatorial debate
About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."
True
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
X posts
X posts
stated on February 5, 2018 a tweet attributed to @realdonaldtrump
"If the Dow Joans ever falls more than 1000 ‘points’ in a Single Day the sitting president should be 'loaded' into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on January 26, 2018 campaign website
Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 5, 2018
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on January 30, 2018 a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page
Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 a speech in Davos, Switzerland
"Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2018
Robert Mujica
Robert Mujica
stated on January 18, 2018 a radio interview
"70 percent of the income tax that the state collects happens to come from Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City"
True
By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address
"Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 11, 2018 a tweet
Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up."  
Mostly False
January 31, 2018
Joe Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
stated on January 30, 2018 response to State of the Union address
"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address
"Small business confidence is at an all-time high."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address
"After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 a tweet
"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 White House graphic
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • January 23, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
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
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 a radio interview
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post
"In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2018 a tweet
The Dow Jones Industrial Average "jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 a tweet
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Brian Kolb
Brian Kolb
stated on December 9, 2017 an op-ed
"New York state spends more than $8 billion in taxpayer money each year on job-creation programs - more than the combined total of the next three largest states"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • January 5, 2018
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on November 13, 2017 a tweet
"Check out the record of #jobs created by #TaxCuts 7.8 million new jobs after Bush’s 2003 tax cuts 12 million new jobs after Kennedy's 1964 tax cuts 14.8 MILLION new jobs after Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981."
Mostly False
By Emma Diltz • December 24, 2017
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