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Donald Trump
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."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • June 28, 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
David Miliband
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."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a rally in Columbus, Ohio
Says Donald Trump called pregnant employees "an inconvenience."
True
By Nadia Pflaum • June 24, 2016
Donald Trump
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."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Barack Obama
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."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2016
Barack Obama
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."
Half-True
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016
Dave Brat
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."
True
By Sean Gorman • June 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016
David Perdue
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."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 3, 2016
National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
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."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2016
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.
"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016
Wendy Davis
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."
False
By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2016 remarks at a Kentucky rally
"We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 20, 2016
Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker
stated on May 13, 2016 a Medium post
Since 2009, "after-tax incomes are up nearly 14 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2016
Jack Lew
Jack Lew
stated on May 3, 2016 an interview with Bloomberg News
"Almost 100,000 people left Puerto Rico last year."
Mostly True
By Marta Cerava • May 17, 2016
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