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West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
"Thanks to President Trump and Republicans over the past year through July, U.S. manufacturing added 327,000 jobs, the most of any 12-month period since April 1995, when the figure added a healthy 345,000 positions."
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By Adrianne Uphold • September 6, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 22, 2018 an opinion piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer
"[The] unemployment rate in the Philadelphia metro area is now at its lowest level ever recorded."
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By Sarah Anne Hughes • July 23, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on March 25, 2018 a Wall Street Journal op-ed
"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2018
Good Jobs First
Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet
Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on January 26, 2018 campaign website
Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 5, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 a radio interview
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
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By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post
Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.    
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By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 a tweet
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
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By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 a cabinet meeting
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 a video
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.  
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October 18, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 a conversation with reporters
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
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By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 a TV interview
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."
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By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 14, 2017 his speech kicking off his re-election campaign
"More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 a speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree
"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"While (women) represent 47 percent of the overall work force, we only make up 23 percent of STEM-related occupations."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2017
Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on May 31, 2017 a speech
Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation."
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By Chris Nichols • June 2, 2017
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on April 20, 2017 an op-ed
"More than 260,000 Americans are employed by the domestic solar industry — three times as many workers as employed by the entire coal mining industry."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech
"We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."  
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April 19, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press
California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire "are experiencing tremendous job growth."
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By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2017
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