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Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 a speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree:

"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on July 22, 2017 Fox News interview:

Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media.

Mostly False

By Manuela Tobias • July 23, 2017

Casey Cagle
stated on June 22, 2017 a meeting with small business owners:

Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2017

Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
stated on July 7, 2017 a recall filing:

Says Tom Barrett "has directed that tens of millions of City of Milwaukee tax dollars be used for the construction of a downtown trolley at the expense of: health and public safety; repair and replacement of public infrastructure; public education; and, job creation and economic development."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • July 14, 2017

Bloggers
stated on July 8, 2017 a blog post:

"Obama goes to G20 summit ... Everywhere President Donald Trump goes, Obama shows up, too."

Pants on Fire!

By Miriam Valverde • July 11, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech at the state Democratic convention:

"Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."

True

By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech:

Although California has "the sixth largest economy in the world, we also have one of the highest poverty rates" in the nation.

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • June 22, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends":

"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."

True

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 16, 2017 a speech at a conference:

A national paid leave program "would potentially put into the economy $21 billion dollars annually."

Mostly False

By Dan Clark • June 15, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech:

"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.

False

By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017

Anthony Brindisi
stated on May 26, 2017 a press release:

"State economic development dollars were used to support a project where goods were manufactured in China."

False

By Dan Clark • June 2, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2017 a tweet:

Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2017

Chris Collins
stated on April 28, 2017 an interview with Bloomberg:

Farmers "are now dumping milk into the ditches" because of a trade dispute with Canada

False

By Dan Clark • May 18, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work":

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017

Jeff Flake
stated on April 27, 2017 a tweet:

"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."

Mostly True

By Miriam Valverde • April 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2017 a tweet:

"The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2017

Jeff Sessions
stated on April 23, 2017 an interview on ABC's This Week:

Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • April 27, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a White House web page:

Says he created "over 500,000 new jobs -- with a surge in female employment last month."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address:

"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."

Half-True

By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2017

Mike Rogers
stated on March 30, 2017 a press release:

"In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • April 11, 2017

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