Fact Check Posts – Page 24

Leah Vukmir
stated on January 25, 2018 in an article :

Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words."

By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting:

"When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long time, they're starting to go up for people."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018

Noah Smith
stated on March 7, 2018 in a Bloomberg View column:

"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2018

Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 in a radio interview:

"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."

By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018

Michael Williams
stated on February 27, 2018 in a CNN interview:

Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood.

By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2018

Ryan Zinke
stated on February 23, 2018 in a panel at the conservative CPAC conference:

"Under the previous administration it was … $100 to fill a car. American energy has delivered. Now it's $60. That’s $40 you have in your pocket … that you wouldn’t have."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 21, 2017 in radio interview:

"We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin."

By Eric Litke • February 23, 2018

Edward Cox
stated on February 10, 2018 in opening remarks at a Republican gubernatorial debate:

About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."

By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018

X posts
stated on February 5, 2018 in 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!"

By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018

Stacey Evans
stated on January 26, 2018 in campaign website:

Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."

By Miriam Valverde • February 5, 2018

Markwayne Mullin
stated on January 30, 2018 in 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%.

By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech in Davos, Switzerland:

"Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2018

Robert Mujica
stated on January 18, 2018 in a radio interview:

"70 percent of the income tax that the state collects happens to come from Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City"

By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in 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."

By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on January 11, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up."

By Tom Kertscher • January 31, 2018

Joe Kennedy
stated on January 30, 2018 in response to State of the Union address:

"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."

By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address:

"Small business confidence is at an all-time high."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address:

"After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet:

"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 in White House graphic:

"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."

By Miriam Valverde • January 23, 2018

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