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Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad

Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."

October 5, 2016

Robin Schimminger
stated on August 3, 2016 a hearing on economic development in Albany, NY.

On job creation numbers in the latest Start-Up NY report: "This is a significant number of overcounts in the compilation that I’ve looked at."

By Dan Clark • August 26, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on June 14, 2016 a TV ad

Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas."

By Alison Dirr • August 26, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 an economic address in Detroit

"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016

Carl Paladino
stated on July 17, 2016 a conversation with The Buffalo News at the Republican National Convention.

In Buffalo's SolarCity project, "Andrew Cuomo will create maybe 500 jobs if it ever happens at all, at about $1.5 million per job."

By Dan Clark • August 5, 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 March 29, 2016 a speech

Wisconsin’s "effective" unemployment rate is 20 percent.

March 30, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 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

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 8, 2015 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

Roger Williams
stated on January 12, 2016 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

Katrina Shankland
stated on November 16, 2015 a news conference

Wisconsin "is on pace to double the number of layoffs" this year.

By James B. Nelson • December 21, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2015 a Facebook comment

"Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 27, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.

"Welders make more money than philosophers."

By Clayton Youngman • November 11, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.

"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate

"92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women."

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

Richard Saslaw
stated on October 5, 2015 a debate.

Virginia’s current unemployment rate is "the lowest in Virginia history."

By Sean Gorman • October 12, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Sarah Palin

"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."

By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2015

Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.

On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."

By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015

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