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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.
Missouri is one of "13 states this year have seen unemployment drop to the lowest levels in the history of their state."
False
By Lucille Sherman • December 15, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 a statement released by her office
"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 a cabinet meeting
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Chris Ruddy
Chris Ruddy
stated on December 3, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2017
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin has "the fastest-shrinking middle class in the country."  
Mostly False
By Kevin Crowe • November 29, 2017
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri Department of Economic Development
stated on October 19, 2017 a proposal to Amazon.com
Among states, Missouri ranks "3rd (in) average yearly growth of high-tech industries."
Mostly True
By Kathryn Hardison • November 27, 2017
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on November 4, 2017 a news release
Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica • November 17, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 15, 2017 a video ad posted on his campaign website
"The Texas unemployment rate is now the lowest it’s been in 40 years & Texas led the nation last month in new job creation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2017
Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 a campaign ad
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
True
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on October 22, 2017 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"For the last 10 years, our economy has grown at less than 2 percent on average every single year for 10 years. We have not had a decade like that in a century in America."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 an op-ed
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
True
By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 22, 2017 An MSNBC interview
Says West Virginia is "down to around 50 percent of the adult workers who are actually working now because of addiction or conviction."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • October 27, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 a speech
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 a video
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.  
Mostly True
October 18, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 1, 2017 an interview on CBS' Face the Nation
Trump’s tax plan is "completely focused on the wealthy and the powerful - not the middle class."
False
By Dan Clark • October 9, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 a conversation with reporters
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 a Facebook Live
"Since we took office, we have been outpacing the nation in job growth."
Half-True
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • September 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2017 a speech to the United Nations General Assembly
"Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on September 5, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Half-True
September 12, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 a Facebook live conversation
"Just in our first six months in office, Missouri moved up the rankings nine places ... of the best states to do business."
Half-True
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • September 10, 2017
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