Fact Check Posts – Page 36

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee:

"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 in a PBS Democratic debate:

"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2016 in a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary:

"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

Gina Raimondo
stated on January 26, 2016 in economic development report:

"Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI … Advantage:Rhode Island."

By Mark Reynolds • February 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate on MSNBC:

Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 3, 2016 in a town hall in Henniker, N.H.:

"During eight years under Ronald Reagan, African-American median income rose by about $5,000."

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 1, 2016 in a political ad:

"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 3, 2016

Ed Gillespie
stated on January 13, 2016 in a Facebook post.:

"More businesses are closing than opening in Virginia today."

By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 8, 2015 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:

"We now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil."

By Nick Reid • January 29, 2016

Jerry Brown
stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address:

"Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011.

By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2016

Roger Williams
stated on January 12, 2016 in response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address:

Under Barack Obama, "the fewest number of adults are working since Jimmy Carter’s presidency."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 in the Fox Business Network debate:

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 in the State of the Union address:

"The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016

Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 in an attack ad:

Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on January 12, 2016 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:

The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 in his State of the Union speech:

"Our businesses have created jobs every single month since (Obamacare) became law."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 in the State of the Union address:

We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 in his 2016 State of the State address:

"We have completely turned our economy around."

By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2016

American Action Network
stated on December 8, 2015 in a newspaper ad:

"Under conservative leadership, Congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent – nearly $800 billion."

By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2015

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