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Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on September 19, 2012 a campaign ad
"Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2012
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on August 15, 2012 a campaign mailer sent to New Boston residents in August 2012
Says when Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010, New Hampshire’s tax rate for employers was 50th in the nation, and unemployment had more than doubled under Democrats.
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 13, 2012 in a TV ad
 "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 19, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 7, 2012 a television interview
Based on the August 2012 national jobs numbers, "for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • September 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a private campaign fundraiser
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 5, 2012 an interview on The Daily Rundown
Says when Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts was 47th in job creation
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 17, 2012
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
"With the auto rescue," President Barack Obama "saved more than 1 million middle-class jobs all across America," including more than 28,000 in Wisconsin.
Half-True
September 14, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 7, 2012 a Twitter post
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent for 43 consecutive months, the longest stretch since the Great Depression.
True
By Eric Stirgus • September 14, 2012
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on September 7, 2012 an interview on NJToday
"The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 13, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 9, 2012 an interview on "Meet the Press."
"We’re seeing now 30 straight months of private-sector job growth, 4.6 million jobs created."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 10, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 27, 2012 a television interview
"We've got 7.2 percent unemployment (in Ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, it's actually over 10 percent."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic convention
Says that Mitt Romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "Let Detroit go bankrupt."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 7, 2012
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 5, 2012 a "Face the Nation" interview
Ohio has "created 45,000 new manufacturing jobs since 2010. And that's due in large part to the fact that the auto rescue has helped Ohio."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2012
Bob King
Bob King
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Under President Barack Obama’s leadership, "since June 2009, (the auto) industry has added a quarter of a million jobs."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Choose: New Jersey
Choose: New Jersey
stated on July 30, 2012 an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal
"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"Since 1961 … our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on September 5, 2012 a Democratic National Convention speech
Women "receive only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
stated on September 4, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"By the time (Mitt Romney) left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2012
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