Latest Fact-Checks In Jobs

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 12, 2023 remarks at the White House
“Take-home pay for workers is going up.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2023
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 8, 2022 Twitter
"Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."
True
By D.L. Davis • December 16, 2022
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2022 Public statement
“A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • December 1, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 8, 2022 an Instagram post
The Biden administration has “created” more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 5, 2022 an ad
Says Adam Laxalt said it is “good news” that “a lot of those Hispanic small businesses never reopened” after the pandemic.
False
October 12, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 16, 2022 remarks at the White House
The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 24, 2022 Twitter
"There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 2, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 Twitter
“My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.”
Mostly True
By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 Twitter
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
Mostly False
By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Liberal Groups
Liberal Groups
stated on June 2, 2022 Public statement
"Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. The RNC convention will simply replace those who normally visit our city."
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • July 12, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on May 27, 2022 News conference
The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.”
Half-True
By Vanessa Swales • July 8, 2022
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
stated on June 17, 2022 an interview with Barron's
“When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre
stated on June 13, 2022 a press briefing
When Joe Biden “walked into this administration … 20 million people were on unemployment insurance benefits.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2022
Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls
stated on May 31, 2022 an end-of-year Senate Democrats newsletter
“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • June 9, 2022
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 15, 2022 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on April 7, 2022 an ad
"As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs."
Mostly False
April 22, 2022
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on April 3, 2022 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on March 17, 2022 an ad
"David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
Mostly False
March 29, 2022
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet.
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
True
By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro
stated on March 1, 2022 a YouTube video
"There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.”
Mostly False
March 9, 2022
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