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Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio interview:
"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."
True
By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018
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
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 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 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
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
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
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.
True
By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017
Mark Pocan
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
Ivanka Trump
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
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 a press release on her website:
Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."
True
By Austin Hough • March 18, 2017
Dan Forest
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."
True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
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." 
True
By Dan Clark • December 2, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 23, 2016 a speech in Buffalo:
"Most private sector jobs in the history of Buffalo exist in Buffalo today"
True
By Dan Clark • September 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • September 8, 2016
Julián Castro
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."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Donald Trump
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."
True
By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
True
By Will Doran • July 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2016
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