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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.
"NAFTA, supported by the Secretary (Clinton), cost us 800,000 jobs nationwide."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 22, 2015 a tweet
The largest low-wage employer "is not McDonalds or Walmart but the U.S. government."  
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • September 29, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2015 an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert
"When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 6, 2015 a Facebook post
"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate
"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."
Mostly False
August 12, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2015 an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show"
"The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 10, 2015 an interview on CNN
"We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • May 10, 2015
Viral BuzzFeed
Viral BuzzFeed
stated on April 20, 2015 video
Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.  
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe, Nancy Badertscher • April 22, 2015
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The labor participation rate is at an all-time low."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 8, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation
Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"92 million Americans aren't working."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on January 21, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad
Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation."
Mostly False
By Richard Danielson • January 15, 2015
Peter Morici
Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal"
Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014
Anna Kooiman
Anna Kooiman
stated on November 6, 2014 a segment on "Fox & Friends"
"There would be tens of thousands of jobs created" if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 11, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 a speech
"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.   
Mostly False
November 7, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 29, 2014 a campaign news release
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 3, 2014
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 3, 2014 a direct mail flier
"Under the administration of Gov. Scott Walker, northern Wisconsin’s mining economy is moving forward and more people are getting good, high-paying jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 16, 2014
Georgians Together
Georgians Together
stated on September 25, 2014 television attack ad
David Perdue "opposes laws that provide equal pay protections for women."  
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • October 2, 2014
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