Fact Check Posts – Page 33

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

Morten Jerven
stated on June 29, 2016 an article:

For 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, "we simply do not have data to say anything about trends in poverty."

By Jon Greenberg • July 7, 2016

Mark Warner
stated on June 19, 2016 a radio interview.:

"The average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the ’60s was eight years. Now, the average time is four months."

By Warren Fiske • July 6, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2016 remarks in Ottawa, Canada:

"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2016 a tweet:

"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."

By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio:

After Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, "within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s."

By Lauren Carroll • June 28, 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

David Miliband
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."

By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 remarks in Raleigh, N.C.:

Says Mark Zandi, who wrote a report criticizing Donald Trump’s economic proposals, is "one of Sen. John McCain's former economic advisers."

By Lauren Carroll • June 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a rally in Columbus, Ohio:

Says Donald Trump called pregnant employees "an inconvenience."

By Nadia Pflaum • June 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton "has even deleted this record of total support (for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) from her book."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2016 a statement:

"As governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (Charlie Crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery."

By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2016 in a town hall:

"We've seen more manufacturing jobs created since I've been president than anytime since the 1990s. That's a fact."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016

Dave Brat
stated on May 24, 2016 Facebook post.:

"The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s."

By Sean Gorman • June 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 5, 2016 a campaign speech:

"It is a fact that the economy does better when we have a Democrat in the White House."

By Chris Nichols • June 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech:

"A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

David Perdue
stated on June 2, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily":

"More businesses went out of business last year than were started for the first time in our history."

By Jon Greenberg • June 3, 2016

National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
stated on May 17, 2016 a website post.:

"The vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year."

By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.:

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016

Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 an interview with Texas Monthly:

"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."

By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016

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