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Eric Fehrnstrom
Eric Fehrnstrom
stated on June 3, 2012 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Massachusetts under Gov. Mitt Romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, "we were in the middle of the pack."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on June 3, 2012 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Under Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts ranked "47th in job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012
Caroline Casagrande
Caroline Casagrande
stated on April 29, 2012 an interview on My9TV.com's "New Jersey Now" program
"Women have come through the recession worse off than men … the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he (President Barack Obama) was elected to an 8.1 percent now."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 4, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2012 a debate
The federal government "reviewed and verified" his administration’s numbers showing Wisconsin added 23,608 jobs in 2011.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 1, 2012
stated on May 31, 2012 a debate
Figures cited by Gov. Scott Walker "are not commonly used" to measure job creation.
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • June 1, 2012
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 27, 2012 an appearance on Meet the Press
"When it comes to what little bit of job creation was happening in Massachusetts (when Mitt Romney was governor), it was happening in the public sector at six times the rate that it was happening in the private sector."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • May 31, 2012
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 a column in The New York Times
Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2012 a TV ad
Says new figures he released showing Wisconsin job gains for 2011 are "the final job numbers."
False
May 24, 2012
stated on May 17, 2012 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker is "cooking the books" by releasing numbers "he just dreamed up" that show Wisconsin gained jobs in 2011.
False
May 24, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2012 a television ad
Since Scott Walker took office as governor in January 2011, there has been an increase of 33,200 jobs in Wisconsin.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • May 24, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 14, 2012 an email campaign statement
Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 18, 2012
stated on May 10, 2012 a TV ad
Says Gov. Scott Walker said "no to equal pay for equal work for women."
False
May 17, 2012
Bob Latta
Bob Latta
stated on May 5, 2012 an email statement
Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 16, 2012 remarks in St. Petersburg, Fla.
There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 16, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on May 14, 2012 a Web ad
Says George LeMieux was one of two Republicans who voted for President Barack Obama's jobs bill.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 16, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview on The Dom Giordano Show
Says in March New Jersey was "one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs" and "the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • May 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.
"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 2, 2012 an email statement
Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • May 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 4, 2012 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 jobs, the total from April 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2012
stated on April 26, 2012 a tweet
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."
Half-True
May 6, 2012
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