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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
By Christian Belanger • August 12, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
By Tom Kertscher • November 7, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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