Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio interview

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

By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018

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."

By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018

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"

By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 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 5, 2018 a tweet

The Dow Jones Industrial Average "jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018

Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 a campaign ad

"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."

By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017

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."

By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017

Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview on MSNBC

The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.

By Chris Nichols • July 27, 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."

By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 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."

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 a press release on her website

Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."

March 18, 2017

Dan Forest
stated on March 6, 2017 a press conference in Texas

Says HB2 has hurt North Carolina’s economy by "one-tenth of 1 percent of our annual GDP."

By Will Doran • March 7, 2017

Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 16, 2016 a speech in Fishkill, NY

"We spend less than 2 percent more every year. That is the lowest increase in spending since they have been keeping numbers."

By Dan Clark • December 2, 2016

Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 23, 2016 a speech in Buffalo

"Most private sector jobs in the history of Buffalo exist in Buffalo today"

By Dan Clark • September 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech

"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on August 12, 2016 a campaign ad

"As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohio’s rainy day fund."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 8, 2016

Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 comments at Texas Democratic Party convention

"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."

By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"Our trade deficit in goods reached nearly … $800 billion last year alone."

By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Charlotte, N.C.

Says Donald Trump "wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage."

By Will Doran • July 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 a speech in Cincinnati

"Risk analysts listed Donald Trump, a Donald Trump presidency, as one of the top threats facing the global economy, ahead of terrorism."

By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2016

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