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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2017 a speech to the United Nations General Assembly:
"Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on September 5, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 18, 2017 an article on LinkedIn:
"70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • August 18, 2017
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on August 14, 2017 a press release:
"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 16, 2017
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on August 7, 2017 a tweet:
Wisconsin's $3 billion incentive offer to Foxconn is "the largest gift ever by a state to a foreign company."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 15, 2017
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on July 28, 2017 a blog post:
Says Scott Walker "wants state taxpayers to dole out up to $250 million annually in incentives" to Foxconn "to lure a manufacturing plant to Wisconsin that he claims will generate $181 million in tax revenue."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 2, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet:
"Foxconn is bringing 13,000 high-tech jobs to Wisconsin."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on July 11, 2017 an interview:
Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on June 22, 2017 a meeting with small business owners:
Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a White House web page:
Says he created "over 500,000 new jobs -- with a surge in female employment last month."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address:
"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 a television interview:
"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on December 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"Less than half" of jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana "are actually staying."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • December 4, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.:
"One in five American households have nobody under the same roof that's got a job."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 22, 2016 a tweet:
Says she "would bring 186,740 new jobs to Wisconsin" and "Donald Trump would cost Wisconsin 61,050 jobs."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 16, 2016
Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale
stated on September 15, 2016 On his campaign website:
In Georgia, women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.  
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • September 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa. :
Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 5, 2016 a speech:
Says Donald Trump "has a long history of exporting jobs overseas."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 17, 2016
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