Latest Fact-Checks In Jobs

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2022 his State of the Union address
“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on January 7, 2022 an ad
Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
False
February 28, 2022
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on November 7, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 22, 2021 a Facebook post
“The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021
Ben Wikler
Ben Wikler
stated on September 23, 2021 Twitter
Says Rebecca Kleefisch played a key role in the Foxconn deal, “the largest attempted government handout to a foreign company in American history."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 26, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 21, 2021 a town hall in Baltimore
“We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 5, 2021 social media posts
“In case you forgot. Two years ago today, we were experiencing the greatest economy in the history of the world.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2021 a speech in Howell, Mich.
"Thirty years ago, the United States ranked sixth among advanced economies in the share of women in the workforce. You know where we are today? Twenty-three.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 15, 2021 a Facebook post
A "Liability Warning Acknowledgement Form" allows a worker to sue their company if they get injured from the COVID-19 vaccine.
False
By Andy Nguyen • September 23, 2021
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 8, 2021 an interview on CNN
“West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.”
Half-True
By Duncan Slade • September 21, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 3, 2021 Twitter
“President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2021
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on August 18, 2021 a speech.
The Virginia Employment Commission is sixth in the nation for getting benefits to eligible people quickly…”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • September 7, 2021
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 TV interview
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2021 a Facebook post
"If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits."
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 5, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2021 a speech.
When Terry McAuliffe was governor, “Unemployment went down in every single county, including rural Virginia by nearly 50%.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 2, 2021 remarks at the White House
“We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2021
Adriano Espaillat
Adriano Espaillat
stated on June 8, 2021 a Tweet
“40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 3, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 Twitter
“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 19, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on June 8, 2021 Twitter
“We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”
True
By Laura Schulte • June 18, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on June 2, 2021 Twitter
“Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”
True
By D.L. Davis • June 18, 2021
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