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Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on April 1, 2019 in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill:
"We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."
Half-True
By Olivia Garrett • April 30, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on February 6, 2019 a tweet:
"We have more women in the workforce than ever before."
Half-True
By Samantha Patrick • March 27, 2019
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet:
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 26, 2019 a tweet:
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2019
Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation:
"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate:
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Half-True
By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on October 11, 2018 remarks at the White House:
In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 22, 2018 a blog post:
"Omarosa Exposed: Turns out she was actually working for Hillary"
Half-True
By Katie Akin • August 23, 2018
Unite Here Florida PAC
Unite Here Florida PAC
stated on August 16, 2018 a TV ad:
"Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2018
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 4, 2018 a Senate floor speech:
"The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2018
Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on May 23, 2018 a Republican party blog post:
"While Phil Bredesen was in the governor’s office, the number of Tennesseans on unemployment nearly doubled."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 29, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on May 11, 2018 a policy forum:
"There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 24, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 a Republican candidate forum:
"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 4, 2018 a tweet:
"Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 18, 2018
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 21, 2017 radio interview:
"We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • February 23, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address:
"Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 a tweet:
"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 16, 2018 a speech at a women's event in Washington:
"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2018
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post:
"In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email:
"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017
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